Chairs: Zach Baker, Royal Oak Model UN
Dearborn HS MUN
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Regional Disarmament
in Asia and the Pacific
A. Introduction
Regional disarmament in Asia and the Pacific has given way to a new era in Asian and Pacific history where the people of these continents do not have to live in fear of weapons, especially those of nuclear capability. That is why the United Nations created a council so that these people can work together to disarm those nations that need not weapons that pose a threat to those around them.
B. History
The United Nations General Assembly, by its resolution 42/39D of 12 December 1987 decided to establish the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia with its headquarters in Kathmandu. The General Assembly renamed the Regional Centre as the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific by its resolution 44/117F of 15 December 1989. The Regional Centre was established on 8 June 1988 and became operational in January 1989 temporarily from the UN Headquarters in New York. In accordance with the given mandate, the Asia-Pacific Regional Centre is expected to "provide, on request, substantive support for initiatives and other activities mutually agreed upon by Member States of the Asia-Pacific region for the implementation of measures for peace and disarmament, through appropriate utilization of available resources and shall coordinate the implementation of regional activities in Asia and the Pacific". The regional dialogue promoted by the Asia-Pacific Regional Centre through annual disarmament meetings has come to be known as the "Kathmandu process". The United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues held in Nagasaki, Japan in November 1998 marked the tenth anniversary of the "Kathmandu process" and the necessity to maintain and strengthen this process was reconfirmed by many GA resolutions. In the course of its activity, the Asia-Pacific Regional Centre continued to promote this dialogue process as a way of:
· encouraging regional and sub-regional dialogue for the enhancement of openness, transparency and confidence-building;
· promoting disarmament and addressing security concerns;
· providing advice and counseling through coordination, harmonization and liaison with its constituencies;
· providing Asia-Pacific states with an opportunity to have direct contact amongst themselves;
· preparing for major disarmament events and reviewing their results (e.g. NPT Review Conference, CTBT treaty, ICJ' advisory opinion).
· holding consultations on security and disarmament issues in an informal manner to prepare the ground for concrete disarmament agreements.
C. Current Situation
In recent years, the Asia-Pacific Regional Centre has been assisting the five Central Asian States (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) in drafting a treaty on the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Central Asia. The Regional Centre also provides assistance to Mongolia in the promotion of its international security and non-nuclear-weapon-free status.
D. Committee Mission
The mission of this committee is to further support this disarmament for Asia and Pacific so that there is a model for the world to look at when disarming. To follow up and current situations in Asia and the Pacific and to support the nations of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan so that they soon will have the necessary steps for a treaty.
E. Questions to consider
1. What must this committee do in order to enhance the goals of the Centre and to help out those Asian and Pacific nations in threat of rearmament because of rebel groups, military government, etc.?
2. Why is this even important? Does it really have to be talked about? Why will this effect the world?
3. Is there anything more that can be done to help solve the problem?
F. Bibliography
http://disarmament.un.org/rcpd/index.html
Disarmament and Children
A. Introduction
The protection of children in time of war, especially if they are in direct combat, is a very important topic that has yet to be resolved, no matter how grave the matter it is. This topic is very important and also deals with child soldiers.
B. History
Many generation of children have been wiped out because of war and the unwillingness of governments to disarm. We see this is Nazi Germany, Rwanda, and Pol Pot’s Kampuchea when millions of children were wiped out because of ethnicity and political convictions. Child soldiers have been used in rogue governments and rogue organizations. These nations and organizations, which sponsor such children, need to disarm and be held accountable. Some nations and organizations include Hezbollah, Sudan, DR CONGO, Burma, and the Philippines. But many of these nations are trying to end the use of child soldiers and some have terrorist organizations and political opposers within them that use the child force. Children have been caught in the middle of two attacks. We see this only months ago when Israel and Hezbollah went at it, killing children in the mean time. It is high time that the nations of the world come together to stop warfare when it includes children. Governments must learn the war hurts not only the entire public, but can wipe out generations of children and that this is a harmful effect on society.
C. Current situation
The situation looks grim as the world seems to spiral into terror. Many children are killed each day because of war. In Iraq, Lebanon, the Sudan, and Burma are all grounds in which children are hurt because of war. Child soldiers are still being used and abused because of brainwashing and becoming violent and even harmful.
D. Committee Mission
The mission of this committee is to come up with a peaceful solution to this problem. We must work together to help the world’s children in war and teach the respective governments that war hurts our children and that this must stop. We must send a clear message to the world that to disarm is to protect our children. We must talk about child soldiers and need to find a peaceful solution to the problem that kills young men around the world every day.
E. Questions to Consider
1. What must this committee do to end the harmful effects of war on children?
2. How can disarmament help children in war?
3. What can this committee do to end the use child soldiers?
F. Bibliography
http://disarmament.un.org/child/
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/k2crc.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_soldiers