KenyaDisarmentths08

Country: Kenya Topic: Nuclear Disarment Committee name: Disarmament Name: Emily Hicks Period: 3

The world's first confrontation with nuclear weapons was in 1945 when the first atomic bomb was tested in the Alamogordo desert in New Mexico by the United States. After the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II it was agreed that nuclear weapons were something that should not be taken carelessly, thus was made the "Non-Proliferation Treaty" (NPT), a treaty that agrees that only the countries allowed to posses the weapons of mass destruction were the "Big 5" composed of the USA, Russia, China, the UK and France. In spite of this action, some middle eastern countries (Israel, Pakistan, North Korea, and India) have come into possestion of these weapons which prevents them from being a part of the NPT treaty.
 * __I. Background:__**

Nuclear weapons were a cause of great suffering in the past to countries like Japan. These weapons not only harm surrounding life but also the whole environment with all of the gas a dust that is released.

The United Nations has attempted to help stop this problem by creating treaties such as the NPT so that only the "Big 5" could hold Nuclear weapons, hopefully controling the spread of nuclear weapons. Dispite the UN's efforts various countries in the Middle East have acquired weapons and withdrawn from any treaties, refusing to give up their weapons for "protection".
 * __ll. UN Involvement:__**

The UN has also created the CTBT (The Conference on Facilitating the Enrty into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty) which negotiates and strives for global disarment.

Last of the treaties is the START treaty that is requiring for countries to slowly chip away at their nuclear stockpiles.

The Country of Kenya believes that the Proliferation of Nuclear weapons should be prevented. Being located near near many economically drained countries leads to many insecurites. small countries may attempt to get a hold on these weapons and for the safety of the people living here, this is something that needs to be put down and made known that proliferation will not stand.
 * III.** __**Country Policy and Involvement**__

A possible solution would be to have beter radio nuclide monitoring systems. The UN needs to be more forceful in their declerations and disicions when it comes to disarmament.
 * __IV. Solutions:__**


 * Intercontinental Missiles:

__I. Background:__** Intercontinental Misslies also pose a huge threat to th world. Intercontinental Misslies (ICBMs) are a means of delivering the nuclear weapons to other locations. They, like the nuclear weapons are only alowed to be possesed by the Big 5. Other countries like North Korea, Isreal, and india have come into possestion as well, It is unknown how they came upon these weapons but with the ability that they have could become a great threat to other countries.

In previous attempts to rid the world of their nuclear facilites The UN has created the Strategic Arms Recudtion Treaty also known as the START treaty. This was created between the United states and Russia as a way to slowly reduce the number of arms, including intercontinental misslies, witht he goal of eventually depleteing the stock fully.
 * __II. UN Involvement:__**

Kenya, at this time, does not have any intercontinal missles and does not plan to posses any in the future time. We believe that a key compnent to international peace is equality to all, and for this to happent he coutries possesing these weapons must also gradually be rid of them.
 * __III. Country Policy:__**

Kenya believes that a possible solution to this could be for other counrties to enter into the START treaty. That way it wouldnt be as much of a threat as if they were to get rid of all their weapons completely.
 * __IV. Solutions:__**

Citation: [|ap.org/unis/eye_on_unescap/issue148_7July2006.doc**]