ChileDisarmament08

Samantha B. Disarmament Chile Period3
 * __Background of the topic:__**

Nuclear weapons are extremely powerful. They have not been used much for wars, but when they are, they are very destructive. Nuclear weapons do not come cheap. Only the more powerful countries are able to afford to make these weapons because they are powered by uranium, which is illegal to use in such a manner. This started in World War II when Japan first got bombed. The Nuclear weapon damaged things for miles and took many lives. People have not taken much action to stop this until a little while ago. The first country to create a nuclear bomb was the United States and other countries follows right behind them and used these bombs to threaten smaller and powerless country to get what they wanted from them. Although other countries had made the nuclear weapons, the U.S. was the only country to use it.


 * __U.N. Involvement:__**

The NPT, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was open for signature on July 1, 1968. This treaty was made to limit the spread of nuclear weapons. The country to propose this treat was Ireland and the first country to sing was Finland. Since then there have been 189 countries party to the treaty. Though this is to try and stop nuclear weapons, there are five countries who have these bombs; United Stats, the UK, France, Russia, and China. This treaty has "three pillars." First pillar: non-proliferation, Second pillar: disarmament, and Third pillar: peaceful use of nuclear energy.

Another group that has been used to stop nuclear waepons its the International Atomic Energy Agency. The IAEA Secretariat is headquartered at the Vienna International Centre in Vienna, Austria. Operational liaison and regional offices are located in Geneva, Switzerland; New York, USA; Toronto, Canada; and Tokyo, Japan. The IAEA runs or supports research centers and scientific laboratories in Vienna and Seibersdorf, Austria; Monaco; and Trieste, Italy.

__**Country Policy:**__

Like most countries, Chile does not like the use of nuclear weapons to threaten other countries and threaten the lives of innocent citizens. In a conference, Chile stated that they wanted to "preserve peace, strengthen democracy and promote development. " Chile wants to keep peace throughout the world. On January 18, 1994, Argentina and Chile, and on May 30, 1994 Brazil, devloped the 1967 Treaty of Tlatelolco for their national territories. These actions have expand the land area for which the Latin American nuclear weapons-free zone is in legal effect, and established a significant step toward the full incorporation of the zone throughout the region. Argentina, Chile and Brazil have now assumed a binding international commitment not to attain, manufacture, test, use, or station a nuclear explosive device in their ruling territory.


 * __Solutions:__**

I think we should continue these treaties of nuclear free zones. I, Chile, agree with the reduction of nuclear weapons instead of completely eliminating them. Constant reduction will eventually lead to the complete elimination of most nuclear weapons. Reduce the Uses of Nuclear weapons (R.U.N.) This is an organization where the UN will propose the suspicion use of uraniumi to create nuclear weapons. If they find they they have been using uraniun to create this destrcutive weapons this committee will try to devlope alternative uses for this radioactive amterial.