NationStates Jolt Archive


Repeal "Elimination of Bio Weapons" (Resolution #16)

The Shelf
16-10-2004, 20:43
United Nations Resolution #16 fails to define what biological weapons are, and it fails to define a deadline of when they should be disposed by and in what manner. United Nations Resolution #16 also fails consider chemical weapons, and it doesn’t address how the resolution should be enforced.

We call on all regional delegates to voice support for the following proposal (already submitted in the United Nations)


ARTICLE I: THE INTERNATIONAL DISARMAMENT ASSOCIATION
Upon the implementation of this act, an International Disarmament Association (IDA) shall be formed to enforce the disarmament standards outlined by this act.


SECTION I: FORMING THE IDA

CLAUSE I:
The IDA shall consist of elite members of the science and medical communities of each nation of which is a member of the United Nations.


SECTION II: IDA STANDARDS

CLAUSE I:
The IDA shall ensure that nations of which are members of the United Nations are disposing of chemical and biological materials in a manner that satisfies Article II, Section II of this act.

CLAUSE II:
Any additional IDA standards may be voted on by nations of which are members of the United Nations.



ARTICLE II: CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
Chemical and biological weapons are hazardous both to the environment and to the health of every person on this planet, and shall henceforth be banned from all nations of which are members of the United Nations.


SECTION I: CHEMICAL WEAPONS

CLAUSE I:
Chemical Weapons shall be defined herein as weapons whose means of destruction include releasing chemicals classified as “deadly,” or “harmful,” by the IDA.

CLAUSE II:
Biological Weapons shall be defined herein as weapons whose means of destruction include releasing bacteria or viruses classified as “deadly,” or “harmful,” by the IDA.

CLAUSE III:
All nations of which are members of the United Nations hereby cease in the production of chemical and biological weapons.

CLAUSE V:
All nations of which are members of the United Nations shall cease in using chemical or biological weapons immediately upon the implementation of this act.

CLAUSE IV:
All nations of which are members of the United Nations shall destroy any biological and chemical weapons they currently have in a method that satisfies Article II, Section II of this act.


SECTION II: METHOD OF DISPOSAL

CLAUSE I:
In order to prevent pollution and environmental hazards, chemical agents that had previously been used in weapons shall be broken down into their natural elements and distributed to laboratories and corporations that may find said chemicals useful.

CLAUSE II:
In order to prevent any bacterial or viral epidemics that may be unintentionally caused by dismantling biological weapons, biological agents that had previously been used in weapons shall treated with enzymes until they are deemed harmless by the IDA. Any biological agent, which fails to comply with IDA standards, shall be cryogenically frozen to prevent its distribution.

CLAUSE III:
The IDA is in the position to enforce all standards outlined by Article II, Section II of this act, as well as any other standards voted on by nations of which are members of the United Nations.
The Holy Palatinate
17-10-2004, 01:43
Interesting. I suggest linking IDA to the Red Cross, and giving them the right to commandeer any biological agents or *staff members* - if biologists who have spent the last decade working out how to kill people with germ warfare are set to work fighting disease, we should get a
'poacher turned gamekeeper' effect. Besides, if suspicious nations loose their experts, they won't be able to continue research in secret.