NationStates Jolt Archive

Redistributionof Nuclear Weapons
The Republic of Ashgabar
Recalling Countless reports on the dangers of poorly housing and disarming currently active nuclear weapons
Acknowledging the dangers of nuclear countries with unstable leadership
Noting the growing hazard of nuclear waste and general corruption that follows all domestic nuclear waste removal, as well as the great advance of both nuclear and non-nuclear countries in the area of improved waste disposal and also the will of non-nuclear countries to attain a number of nuclear weapons.
Recognizing the need for a redistribution of nuclear weapons to cease all further proliferation of weapons.

Declares Accordingly to the countries with known nuclear technology to enact a program for the redistribution of a single nuclear device to a non-nuclear country the device itself must be no larger in size than twenty-five (25) kilotons of nuclear blast material contained. The country must pass rigorous testing of its ability to control the device and demonstrate a visible need to “lease” the device.
Reminds the global community of the economic turbulence involved in the almost perpetual state of conquests and double-dealing in NSUN
Urges the creation of a nuclear waste disposal site, sanctioned by the United Nations in return for significant economic reimbursement and a global sanctioning (if eligible) of that country’s nuclear program
We further invite any nation with the wish to enter into a “nuclear lease pact” as sanctioned by the UN, or become a Sanctioned Waste Disposal Site to wire a telegram to the Republic of Ashgabar or any nation within the Islamic League expressing their desire, this request, if deemed valid, will be transferred to the United Nations Committee on Legitimate On Nuclear Imbursement, (UNCLONI) which will be created for just this purpose.
Urges anyone with any questions, complaints or possible amendments (while fully realizing that this is impossible, an amendment offer will be met with consideration for a possible repeal process) to either wire a telegram to the Republic of Ashgabar OR post the aforementioned comment on the NSUN forum.

Declares Accordingly to the countries with known nuclear technology to enact a program for the redistribution of a single nuclear device to a non-nuclear country the device itself must be no larger in size than twenty-five (25) kilotons of nuclear blast material contained. The country must pass rigorous testing of its ability to control the device and demonstrate a visible need to “lease” the device.Contradicting the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10737951&postcount=152) is against the rules (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=420465), you naughty boy.

Well for a start, the fact that both Diaoxian and Ashgabar are UN members gives me - possibly unjustified - pause for thought. It'd also be really helpful if you could double return between clauses, because it's hard to read otherwise.

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As to the text:
- the Declares clause contradicts Resolution #151, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act (http://www.nationstates.net/page=UN_past_resolutions/start=150): you'll have to repeal that before effecting nuclear redistribution;
- the Reminds clause is bizarre (or would be in any other proposal: no offence, but in context...);
- the stuff about bilateral agreements with Ashgabar/Islamic League has to remain just that: bilateral; you'll have to leave it out of the proposal;
- the final Urges is unnecessary, and is illegal.

Perhaps the best thing to concentrate on would be that bit in the middle about nuclear disposal: there's definite scope for legislation there. I suspect the other parts are non-starters.

-- George Madison
Legislative Director
Quintessence of Dust Department of UN Affairs

EDIT: Why won't the image post?

Hmm, that's funny, the version posted here is different from the one submitted.
Category: Global Disarmament


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Ashgabar

Description: The Committee for Halting the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
The Republic of Ashgabarhttp://img212.imageshack.us/img212/7106/goldlight0oh.gifIllegal, branding violation.http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/7106/goldlight0oh.gif

Recalling Countless reports on the dangers of poorly housing and disarming currently active nuclear weapons
Acknowledging the dangers of nuclear countries with unstable leadership Noting the growing hazard of nuclear waste and general corruption that follows all domestic nuclear waste removal, as well as the great advance of both nuclear and non-nuclear countries in the area of improved waste disposal and also the will of non-nuclear countries to attain a number of nuclear weapons.
Recognizing the need for a redistribution of nuclear weapons to cease all further proliferation of weapons.
Having considered the current state of “nuclear monopoly” currently held by the nine countries who possess a tangible nuclear warhead or Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile.Wait, wait, wait. Do you mean to tell me that out of the thousands of countries in the UN let alone all of them outside of the UN only nine have nuclear weapons? You're joking, right?
Declares Accordingly to the countries with known nuclear technology to enact a program for the redistribution of a single nuclear device to a non-nuclear country the device itself must be no larger in size than twenty-five (25) kilotons of nuclear blast material contained. The country must pass rigorous testing of its ability to control the device and demonstrate a visible need to “lease” the device.Kenny already addressed this point.
Reminds the global community of the economic turbulence involved in the almost perpetual state of conquests and double-dealing in NSUNIs this where we cry, "Another victory for Gatesville?"
Urges the creation of a nuclear waste disposal site, sanctioned by the United Nations in return for significant economic reimbursement and a global sanctioning (if eligible) of that country’s nuclear programI think we already have one, it's down in the basement of this very building (why else would there be so many mutants down there?).
We further invite any nation with the wish to enter into a “nuclear lease pact” as sanctioned by the UN, or become a Sanctioned Waste Disposal Site to wire a telegram to the Republic of Ashgabar or any nation within the Islamic League expressing their desire, this request, if deemed valid, will be transferred to the United Nations Committee on Legitimate On Nuclear Imbursement, (UNCLONI) which will be created for just this purpose.You know, if you're going to set up a committee to run this little program, why not have the nations applying to be part of it just apply to the committee directly? You know, cut out the middleman.
Urges anyone with any questions, complaints or possible amendments (while fully realizing that this is impossible, an amendment offer will be met with consideration for a possible repeal process) to either wire a telegram to the Republic of Ashgabar OR post the aforementioned comment on the NSUN forum. You know, it's proposals like this which make people say to post ideas for proposals in the forum before submitting them.

Bob Flibble
UN Representative

EDIT: Why won't the image post?

OOC: I've been having a hard time posting images with one of my relatively new-to-jolt puppets, too. I chalk it up to jolt just being jolt.

Declares Accordingly to the countries with known nuclear technology to enact a program for the redistribution of a single nuclear device to a non-nuclear country the device itself must be no larger in size than twenty-five (25) kilotons of nuclear blast material contained.

Even if one were to ignore the multiple faults with this legislation that have already been pointed out, it seems to us that attempting to resolve the problems of "nuclear countries with unstable leadership" and "proliferation of weapons" by giving non-nuclear countries nuclear weapons is a poor solution at best, and outright counterproductive at worst. For that reason alone, we could never support this.

- Jaris Krytellin, Ambassador