GA8: Nuclear Arms
Submitted to: The General Assembly
Subject: Nuclear Arms
Proposed by: Germany
Signatories: Belgium, Canada, France, Slovenia, Qatar, Vietnam
The General Assembly,
1) Recognizing the numerous scientific doorways which can be unlocked with the science
2) of nuclear physics, yet
3) Remembering with horror the dropping of the first two atomic bombs on Hiroshima,
4) Japan and Nagasaki, Japan in 1945, and
5) Painfully remembering the millions of innocent civilian casualties and their horrific
6) conditions that occurred as a result of these bombings, and
7) Further remembering the dangerous consequences known as the Cold War which emerged
8) from this act, and
9) Recalling the United States of America’s choice to pull out of the Anti-Ballistic
10) Missile (ABM) Treaty, and
11) Deeply concerned of the loss of such a prominent member of the international community's
12) support in such an important area, and
13) Further concerned at the Central Intelligence Agency’s estimate that Iraq will have
14) nuclear capabilities by 2010, and
15) Acknowledging the fact that certain regimes would not hesitate to use these nuclear
16) arms against their enemies, and
17) Applauding efforts by countries who refuse to allow nuclear armaments in their military
18) arsenals, and
19) Recognizing that such decisions help to promote freedom and peace internationally, and
20) Also supporting the steps taken by those nations who are actively disarming their nuclear
21) arms programs, and
22) Cognizant of the possibility that the possession of nuclear arms presents exponentially
23) more opportunities for terrorist networks to come into control of these weapons, and
24) Also applauding the work of the Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty, and
25) Further applauding the governments of particular Central Asian countries for their recent
26) ratification of yet another Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty:
27) 1. Vehemently condemns the use of all nuclear weapons in any circumstance whatsoever; and
28) 2. Strongly urges members of the international community to undertake the following measures:
29) a. To fully consider the true destructive possibilities and uncertainties that arise
30) with the possession and usage of nuclear weapons, and
31) b. To follow the example set by those nations who are disarming their nuclear weapons
32) programs, and
33) c. To strongly consider disarming their nuclear weapons programs, and
34) d. To move towards reversing the isolationist policies being undertaken by some members
35) of the international community by resuming full diplomatic ties nations previously
36) isolated, and
37) e. To place a new importance on treaties that outlaw both the testing and the use of
38) nuclear weapons; and
39) 3. Urges the full admission of all nuclear weapons programs by all declared and
40) non-declared nuclear states; and
41) 4. Calls upon all declared and non-declared nuclear states to each submit a document
42) to the Secretary-General and the Security Council, with a concise description of the
43) full extent of their nuclear programs; and
44) 5. Instructs the Secretary-General to prepare a conclusive report on the state of
45) nuclear weaponry and its influence in our world today, concerning the following topics,
46) and to report back to the General Assembly in three months’ time or less:
47) a. the current state of affairs concerning the nuclear disarmament of those nations
48) who are doing so, and
49) b. the threat that nuclear weapons pose to conflict resolution in the twenty-first
50) century, and
51) c. non-declared nuclear states; and
52) 6. Calls upon the Committee on Disarmament to develop and implement a UN-regulated body
53) that would be responsible for the following items:
54) a. monitoring the international nuclear disarmament process, and
55) b. promoting nuclear disarmament worldwide, and
56) c. supplying inspectors and technicians which would be available to all nations
57) to aid in nuclear disarmament, and
58) d. creating documents and publications highlighting the need for nuclear disarmament
59) and the dangers of nuclear proliferation, and
60) e. speaking with international leaders and advocate nuclear disarmament, and
61) f. reporting back to the Committee on Disarmament and the General Assembly annually
62) on its progress; and
62) 7. Urges all Member States to support such a body as outlined above and be co-operative
63) with its duties; and
64) 8. Proposes that a new organization such as is outlined above also be provided with the
65) maximum funds available to assist in nuclear disarmament; and
66) 9. Further instructs the Secretary-General to forward this resolution on to the Committee
67) on Disarmament for its support; and
68) 10. Resolves to remain seized of the matter.

