At Vote: Chemical Weapons Convention[Archived] [Complete]

[mcmasterdonia]

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Chemical Weapons Convention

A resolution to slash worldwide military spending.


Category: Global Disarmament

Strength: Significant

Proposed by: United Federation of Canada

Description: Description: An act to reduce global Chemical Weapons stockpiles.

ACKNOWLEDGING that nations possess Chemical Weapons,

FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGING the fact that some nations use Chemical Weapons in warfare,

APPALLED that some non-member nations use Chemical Weapons as a means to terrorize and coerce nations,

REALIZING that the Member Nations need to be able respond to such attacks with reciprocal force,

DEFINES Chemical Weapons as:

1. Munitions and devices, specifically designed to cause death or other harm through the toxic properties of those toxic chemicals which would be released as a result of the
employment of such munitions and devices,

2. Any equipment specifically designed for use directly in connection with the employment of those munitions and devices,

3. Any chemical which through its chemical action on life processes can cause death, or permanent harm to humans or animals, and or sentient plant life when connected to a delivery system, capable of delivering those chemicals either tactically or strategically.

4. EXEMPTS the following agents from being declared Chemical Weapons under the CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION:

A. Tear agents (Tear gas, Capsaicin, Mace)

B. Vomiting agents

C. While being used by legitimate Law Enforcement and or/Military agencies of a nation as Riot Control Agents within the confines of their own nations.

DECLARES that nations:

1. Be allowed to possess chemical weapons for deterrence purposes only,

2. Be permitted to only use chemical weapons if attacked by another nation that uses chemical weapons against such nation,

3. Define and abide by a no-first use policy in regards to Chemical Weapons,

4. SET HARD CAPS on chemical weapons of no more than 5000 Chemical Weapons munitions active at any time, connected to a delivery system capable of delivering such weapons, OR 2% of a nations Gross Domestic Product MAXIMUM spent on developing and maintaining Chemical Weapons munitions.

CREATES the CHEMICAL WEAPONS LIMITATION AGENCY with the following mandate:

1. To Collect and analyse annual statements from nations on locations, numbers, types and production/testing facilities for Chemical Weapons,

2. To File annual statements with the World Assembly on locations, numbers, types and production/testing facilities for Chemical Weapons,

3. Gather and share intelligence on locations, numbers, types and production/testing facilities for Chemical Weapons within nations that possess Chemical Weapons,

4. Promote global disarmament of Chemical Weapons,

5. Work with nations to prevent proliferation of Chemical Weapons,

6. Work with nations to promote and develop defences to Chemical Weapons,

7. Provide medical, and humanitarian assistance to ANY NATIONS subject to Chemical Weapon attacks,

REQUIRES that nations choosing to possess Chemical Weapons secure such weapons against theft and accidental release.

 

[Blue Wolf II]

Nay, only voted TNP.

 

[Lord Byron]

Nay

Voting here and in the NS WA as the Leader of my Nation, God n Country n Byron, the borders of which fall within TNP as evidenced by the Official Map of TNP.

 

[Mahaj]

When we look at a resolution with this title, we need to see what it does. I don't need to go clause by clause, because you can read. So let's see what it *does*.

Other people may choose to pick apart the definition of chemical weapon how they like, however: this resolution permits the use of chemical weapons against a nation's own people as riot control agents. This would, to use a real world example, permit Bashar al-Assad's Syrian government to use chemical weapons on the protesters (I say that the government of Syria, while not just, is the Syrian legitimate government).

The resolution then says nations should only use chemical weapons in retaliation if attacked by chemical weapons, which is fine, but then we have another problem:

The resolution puts a hard cap on the number of active chemical munitions, at 5000. This number doesn't make sense. There is no real justification for this number, and if a non WA nation attacks a nation with > 5000 chemical weapons, the WA nation can't equally defend itself. Nations will have to decide if they view this as a major strike against the resolution, or a minor one.

The resolution then creates a subcommittee that doesn't hold any glaring problems, albeit possibly contradictions in message with previous parts of the resolution.


Ultimately, the MoWA believes that the problems with the resolution, illustrated above, are too great to warrant an Aye vote, and therefore the MoWA recommends a Nay vote.

 

[Tyler Kazakov]

Nay

GBE and TNP.

 

[mcmasterdonia]

Topic moved to WA Archives.

 

[r3naissanc3r]

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