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Eddie Russek MUN per 3 10-19-08   Policy Papers on Disarmament Bangladesh [Intercontinental Missiles (1)] : (1)  I.  Interc   ontinental missiles are weapons used to deliver one several warheads. They can be launched from the sea as well as land. They have been known to launch over great distances, and hence the name “intercontinental” missiles, they can go from one country to another. In the history of the world, there has been only 2 cases of the uses of intercontinental weapons. The first, launched by the USA was the atomic bomb, and second was a hydrogen bomb. They were both used in response to the Japanese’s bombing of Pearl Harbor. Not only did the bombs completely destroy all of Japan, but also it killed most of the population. In result of that, the world has hopefully learned not to destroy countries with these weapons. Countries who have theses weapons are the US, Russia, China, France, India, Israel, and North Korea. II. So far, the UN has done many things to help rid earth of these weapons. But what the UN is more concerned on is reducing the weapons’ numbers, rather then their elimination. Some such things were the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which was made to slowly reduce the amount of these arms available to countries. Currently, Bangladesh is included in the CTBT and NPT. We firmly stand with our position, which is the total elimination of these dangerous missiles. III. What Bangladesh suggests to do is to be able to sign treaties with countries to make sure that they will not use them to start a war or in this case not at all. The weapons can be of great use, however, in a time a great crisis, yet the chance of something so bad like that happens is extremely low. Thank you for your time.  [Nuclear Proliferation (2)] : (2)  I.  Nuclear non-proliferation is the reduction of nuclear weapons and technology. Nuclear weapons pose a great threat against the world, and should not be kept intact. Some countries can legally posses Uranium for the use of nuclear power plants, which is a great source of energy, but some countries may not be able to possess is. There are even some countries that say they use the resourceful yet highly dangerous enriched uranium, yet use it for weapons, other than what they say it is being used for. That could be a sign of that country being a threat to existence. The weapons have been known to be EXTRMELY DANGEROUS and have been used only twice. Both of those uses were from America in response of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. II. The UN is strongly against all stockpiling, production and use of these weapons. They have set up conventions and treaties such as the NPT, CWC and IAEA. They help countries with these weapons try and safely dispose of them for no further use. III. Bangladesh is currently against all things to do with these weapons. Although the use of nuclear power is a great alternative energy, some countries cannot be trusted with the responsibility. We would like to be able to dispose of these weapons in the future. But having these weapons in some sort of quarantine, such as the ocean or a world bank is not such a safe way to rid ourselves of these weapons. We believe a great way to dispose of these weapons, is for some supporting countries to donate money for thorough study of these weapons, so we can find a way to in a way neutralize these weapons so they cannot be pirated for further use. Thank you for your time.