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On the surface, this resolution looks very good. As is often the case, though, there are serious flaws. First, please know that I abhor nuclear weapons. If other nations want to destroy their people, infrastructure and the very land with war, that is their business. When nuclear weapons are deployed, however, the fallout is not only limited to "ground zero" as it is with conventional devices. Nuclear weapons send massive plumes of highly toxic and extremely long-lived poison into the atmosphere we all share, in effect ruining the people, infrastructure and the very land of even those around the world from the war in which these weapons were used. That being said, this resolution is not the way to deal with them. As it stands today, most right-minded leaders only keep a nuclear arsenal as deterrent to those that /would/ use them otherwise. It is in this that "Ban nuclear weapons" is fundamentally flawed. Under this resolution all, and only, UN nations are required to completely dismantle their nuclear weapons programs. This leaves only terrorist nations with the ultimate bargaining tool. If there were either a provision for the UN to maintain a small cache of weapons ONLY for use in retaliation or that UN nations should seek to disarm the entire world of nations, this resolution could have been perfect.

As it stands, "Ban nuclear weapons" is unconscionable. Please join me in voting against this proposal.

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I feel the same way you do!!! I think as long as a nation is not harming another nation with it's nuclear weapons, we should be able to live with them. We need nuclear weapons for protection. That is what I think :)

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This resolution has several flaws in that it is not detailed enough. In relation to clause1-which UN body will ensure the disarmament of nuclear weapons? If UN inspectors are denied access to a couintry suspected of having nuclear weapons-this resolution does not give any information on how the inspectors will be allowed gain access

*Clause 4- An appropriate commission will establish the modalities of dismantling of the nuclear armaments; all the states members will have the duty to respect them.
^how will members be appointed to this commission?
Who will be appointed?
What if a member of the commission is from a nuclear producing country?

I also wish to make an amendment to this resolution..I need another endorsement.. can someone help me? :sniper: