Topic: 2025 – No First Use Policies and Nuclear Disarmament
Country: Kazakhstan
Delegate Name: Remy Jorgensen
Country: Kazakhstan
Delegate: Remy Jorgensen
School: Williamston High School
Committee: DISEC
Topic: No First Use Policies and Nuclear Disarmament
One very pressing issue in the world is nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons have a reputation for being ruthless and not caring about life. One well-known example is the Hiroshima bombing on August 6, 1945, which was the first ever use of a nuclear weapon. Some background on the topic is that the U.N. has already made an attempt at lowering the amount of nuclear activity by making the United Nations on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). The TPNW, which in summary means developing, testing, producing, manufacturing, acquiring, possessing, or stockpiling nuclear weapons or nuclear explosive devices.
Kazakhstan is the world leader in nuclear disarmament and has supported it for a long time. Firstly, Kazakhstan has contributed to nuclear disarmament by turning over all of its Soviet-era nuclear weapons to the Russian Federation by April 1995. Also, in 1991, Kazakhstan closed down its main nuclear test site, which was located in Semipalatinsk. Finally, Kazakhstan has signed the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program and is also the only Soviet successor to sign the TPNW. Kazakhstan is also a major leader and participant in the Steppe Organization for Peace.
Kazakhstan’s plan is to advocate for the complete ban of nuclear weapons by the year 2045. Although the U.N. does not have the power to force countries to give up their nuclear weapons, since the U.N. relies on voluntary treaties and the cooperation of countries. Finally, countries like Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan would most likely agree since they are Kazakhstan’s neighbors and they are also signatories on the TPNW. Also, countries like Japan would agree with Kazakhstan because they are also signatories on TPNW, and they have learned from WWII the nuclear bombs are not funny or something to mess with.
Sources
www.nti.org
www.un.org
