Topic: 2026 – Verification of Disarmament
Country: Slovenia
Delegate Name: Jonah H Beute
Committee: Disarmament and International Security Committee
Topic B: Verification of Disarmament
Country: Slovenia
Delegate: Jonah H. Beute
School: Grand Haven High School
Through thick and thin, Slovenia has always been a nation who has implemented the many resolutions in the disarmament of weapons. Through these resolutions Slovenia has implemented, they have always allowed for transparency in and during the verification process of disarmament and has had no trouble with it. With this, Slovenia has always firmly believed the importance of this process and the important confirmation it brings over to the international community at large. This is due to Slovenia firmly believing that violence isn’t the answer and that with verification, it calms down and assures the international community as a whole.
Currently there are multiple processes for the verification of disarmament. These include sending independent inspectors to another country to confirm the disarmament and/or doing a technology verification of the process, which has been more common in recent years. Slovenia believes that this process for disarmament is effective, but it could be improved with increased transparency. More transparency from countries who are currently going through the process of verification, would help make sure that the information given from the inspections is factual, accurate, and that the country is actually actively going through the process of disarmament. In a resolution, Slovenia would love to see a resolution that would call for the increased transparency of nations that currently don’t provide that information to the international community.
There are many different organizations that help with the disarmament process. In the past, Slovenia has partnered with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) and other organizations like the European External Action Service (EEAS) which all help in verifying disarmament in nations. There’s also some that Slovenia, while not a part of some groups like the International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification (IPNDV) and the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) , firmly supports them and their actions for verification. These organizations all help either confirm and verify the process of disarmament in nations that have agreed on past resolutions, or come up with solutions that help with the process of verification. Such as, developing better on sight inspections, developing better technology for these inspections, and more. These organizations are great in helping and confirming that resolutions are being implemented, but there can be some improvements. To strengthen these organizations, but while also making sure that they don’t impede on another nation’s sovereignty, Slovenia suggests that countries strengthen international connections between verification organizations and or other countries who are verifying them. This is in order to bridge the gap between the many approaches countries have on verification. So in a resolution, Slovenia would look for one that includes a clause that lessens tension between countries in order to make sure that these verifications can happen.
There have been many agreements made about the verification of disarmament. But the one that Slovenia views as a baseline and basis for all future verification resolutions and or treaties is the “Verification In All Its Aspects” resolution, which was made in 1988, but still holds up today. Slovenia supports this due to the resolution setting the baseline of verification within the United Nations. With this as a base line for a future resolution, Slovenia believes that it can be improved upon by adding more transparency to all participating countries in the resolution and by adding more on limiting tensions between countries to make sure that these agreements can last. With these things in mind, Slovenia believes that the verification process can be done in a better way, and a more concrete way that benefits everyone.
Work Cited
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“Panel on “Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament Verification – Past, Present and Future Developments” – EU Key Messages.” EEAS, 2025, www.eeas.europa.eu/node/41975_en. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
Statement of Germany General Debate, UN Disarmament Commission 2025.
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