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Name: Aditi Sharma Period: 0 Committee: Terrorism Topic: Biological, Chemical, and Nuclear Weapons Country: Iran

I. COUNTRY POLICY Iran believes in the immediate elimination of biological and chemical weapons. We are intent on not using these weapons that cause so much pain and suffering for people, and we believe that they are a form of torture, because they cause a slow and agonizing. We have signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to show that we are a country that believes in the reduction of nuclear weapons, because we believe that nuclear power can be used for good, to power the electricity for the general population. Although we have been criticized for “secretly” using uranium enrichment for the wrong purposes, we oppose this view and would like to make sure that people understand that we are using the nuclear power that we create are solely for scientific and electrical purposes.

II. UNITED NATIONS INVOLVEMENT To stop the use of these weapons, the UN has created the NPT, or the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty. This treaty is the outline of the eventual elimination of nuclear weapons. Chemical and biological weapons are also a concern to the UN, and they feel that these weapons must also be eliminated. For the abolition of chemical weapons, they have held the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). For the eradication of biological weapons, they have created the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC). They are intent on creating as many solutions as possible, so they are willing to work with all the States in the UN. III. SOLUTIONS

Some solutions that Iran agrees with are the NPT, and its many protocols. Iran has also recently agreed to the protocol that allows other nations to check our nuclear program to make sure that we are in the limits of the amount of the protocol. The Security Council is also in the fight to stop the act of using biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons. They have released the report called, “ Weapons of Terror: Freeing the World of Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons.” This report is about the eventual reduction and elimination of nuclear weapons, and creating a “nuclear renaissance” that would help us to end the use of nuclear power as a weapon. We have supported the Global Security Institute, which is an Institute that focuses on non-proliferation and disarmament of nuclear weapons. We hope that we will be able to cooperate with other nations for the reduction of nuclear weapons, and understand that we must act now if we wish to resolve this crisis.

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http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/sc9310.doc.htm http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2006/060601_blix.doc.htm http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2005/NPT_Press_Cfc_050510.doc.htm http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/other/nbc.htm http://www.unodc.org/pdf/iran/drug_crime_situation/rule_of_law/crime_prevention/Terrorism.pdf http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/index.htm