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Position Paper |
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| Topic
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Nuclear Testing |
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| Country
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Suribec |
| Committee
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First Committee |
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| Subsection
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A. |
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| (Background)
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The testing of nuclear weapons continues
to be of concern to the global community for two reasons: The continued
testing by some nations indicates their intent to improve or increase
their nuclear capabilities at a time when an international focus
is directed at disarmament and the elimination of nuclear proliferation.
The concern also exists that nuclear testing is damaging to the
earth's ecology since the destructive effects of radiation on all
biological life can touch the world of future generations. |
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Main elements
of concern
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The countries of Abrel, Cecan, and Dutiful
agreed to stop testing nuclear weapons in 1975. However LeBac and
Toga have taken an independent stance and continued to support their
sovereign right to do so in order to provide national security for
their citizens. |
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General positions
on the issue
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Many developing countries have also maintained
their right to develop military nuclear technology as a means of
providing for their own security and to eliminate dependency on
what they consider imperialist powers. |
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Action taken on
the issue
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The United Nations adopted Res 158 which
resolved to promote the elimination of nuclear testing. As a result
the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty was created in 1974 and signed by 100
nations. |
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| Subsection
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B. |
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(Justification of
Position and
Summary)
Main reasons that
support country's
position
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The Nation of Suribec strongly supports
the end of nuclear testing. Two of our nation's rivers have become
contaminated from nuclear radiation created by the pursuits of our
neighboring country, Anbrec, in underground nuclear testing. The
effects of this radiation have rendered the Tio and Sebet rivers
devoid of biological life and have affected all vegetation tangential
to these waterways. We are deeply concerned for the future generations
not only of Suribec but of our earth if nuclear testing continues. |
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Nature of resolution
to be proposed
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The Nation of Suribec supports creating
trade sanctions against any country that refuses to sign the Nuclear
Test Ban Treaty and that engages in nuclear testing. |
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