Topic: 2025 – No First Use Policies and Nuclear Disarmament
Country: Argentina
Delegate Name: Melanie Milam
Country: Argentina
Committee: DISEC
Topic: Nuclear First-Use Policies & Nuclear Disarmament
Delegate: Melanie Milam
School: Williamston Highschool
The issue of nuclear first use policies and nuclear disarmament remains one of the most significant threats to international peace and security. A first use policy allows a nation to launch nuclear weapons before being attacked, sending countries down a slippery slope. Since the cold war the presence of nuclear arsenals has created instability and despite progress thousands of active warheads still remain. The United Nations play an essential role in establishing global norms that discourage nuclear escalations and promote transparency. Due to the fact that nuclear weapons have devastating effects on humans, environments, and tremendous economic consequesnes as they can cause mass casualties, long term radiation, and desctruction of infastructure. Argentina, along with other Latin American natitions has prioritized peace through international agreements such as the Treaty of Tlateloco which established a nuclear weapon free zone in the region.
Argentina has a long history of supporting nonproliferation. As a signatory on the Treaty on the NonProliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Argentina is committed to preventing the spread o nuclwar arms, while promoting the safe developmeny of civillian nuclear programs. Argentina also closly cooperates with the internatioal Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to ensure monitoring and verification of any and all nuclear activitys. Domestically, nuclear tecnology is strictly used for peaceful purposes like energy production, medicine, and research. Argentina history demonstrated commitment to diplomacy, advocationg for the reductions of arsenals through negotiation rather than conflict. Current international discussions on nuclear rick reduction and disarment treaties ramain alighed with our position fully supporting global security.
Looking forward, Argentina supports creating a global “No first use” rule so that no country can use nuclear weapons before being attacked. This would make the world much safer and significantly reduce the chance of nuclear conflict. Argentina also believes that the IAEA shoiuld have stronger tools to check nuclear programs to help build trust between nations. Argentina reconized that the United Nations should diplomacy to handle nuclear threats and issues while also respecting national soverignity for everybody. Argentina plans to work with countries such as Brazil, Mexico, Germany, and South Africa to promote diararment and encourage safter nuclear power.
THE STORY OF ARGENTINA’S NUCLEAR POLICYJames Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studieshttps://www.nonproliferation.org › npr › carasa64
https://www.icanw.org/argentina
Treaty of TlatelolcoWelcome to the United Nationshttps://www.un.org › nwfz › content › treaty-tlatelolco
Nuclear Power in ArgentinaWorld Nuclear Associationhttps://world-nuclear.org › country-profiles › countries-a-f
Statement-Argentina-Translation.pdf
Argentina
