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1 MODEL DRAFT RESOLUTION MiMUN-UCJC Madrid 1

2 ANNEX VI SEKMUN MEETING 17 April 2012 S/12/01 Security Council Resolution First Period of Sessions Non-proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Main submitters: The Russian Federation, China, United States Supported by: Azerbaijan, Colombia, Guatemala, France, Germany, Togo, Portugal The Security Council, Gravely concerned that the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction constitutes a threat to international peace and security; Reaffirming its previous resolutions 1540 (2004), 1673 (2006) and 1810 (2008) on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; Recalling its previous resolutions 1737 (2006) and 1929 (2010), as well as 1874 (2009) regarding the need for Iran and Korea to comply respectively with nonproliferation; Reaffirming its absolute commitment to take effective measures to combat all threats to international peace and security caused by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; 2

3 Expressing its total support of multilateral treaties with a view to ending the proliferation of this kind of weapons; Being aware of the problem that would result for the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction if some countries continue to be reluctant to sign international treaties; Recognising the fundamental importance of the IAEA in the coordination of efforts that would lead to a world without nuclear weapons; Taking note of recent tensions resulting from the nuclear programme of the Islamic Republic of Iran; Warmly welcoming the progress made to date in matters of disarmament; Profoundly alarmed by events in the past such as the People s Republic of China withdrawing from international treaties; Emphasising and supporting the work carried out by the Committee set up pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004); Concerned by the use of cluster munitions that are dangerous given the high risk of injuries they pose to civilians in armed conflict; Aware of the inexistence of an international agency to take charge of the final verification of the application of safeguards in the convention on biological weapons; Taking note of the fact that a large number of countries have already included measures in their national legal frameworks to combat proliferation; Acknowledging the progress made in the destruction of chemical weapons and recognising the work that remains to be done; 3

4 Acting pursuant to the provisions of Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter; Nuclear weapons 1. Further invites all countries to join the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT); 2. Urges the creation of a negotiation table between India and Pakistan, which, under the mediation of the Sextet powers, would aim to resolve tensions between the two countries with a view to both joining the NPT; 3. Advocates the setting up of a negotiating table between the Sextet and the Democratic People s Republic of North Korea for the reintegration of this country in the Non-Proliferation Treaty; 4. Commends Israel to state its commitment that it will join the NPT once it obtains guarantees from this Council that the nuclear programme of the Islamic Republic of Iran are purely civilian with peaceful ends; 5. Emphasises the need that the negotiations started between the Sextet and Iran should continue until there is a resolution of the tensions caused; 6. Urges Iran to comply with the safeguards to which it committed itself in signing the NPT; 7. Requests the IEAE to revise every three months the conflictive nuclear stations in the Islamic Republic and submit the corresponding reports on the results obtained; 8. Decides to create a Nuclear Guarantee Commission (NGC), which, under the supervision of the IEAE, shall be entrusted with reporting to this Council annually on the collaboration and guarantees offered by conflictive nuclear programmes; 9. Urges all countries that have not already done so to join the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT); 10. Exhorts the Preparatory Commission set up to ensure compliance with the CTBT to show greater thoroughness and effort to ensure that violations of the Treaty do not occur; 11. Calls for the creation of a Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone in the Middle East; 4

5 12. Requests the holding of an annual conference on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at which reports of progress made will be submitted to the IEAE; 13. Exhorts UN Member States to include provisions against nuclear proliferation in their legislation; 14. Urges countries to join a global initiative against nuclear terrorism that shall be a source of guarantees for all countries with terrorism and whose axiom should be the protection of nuclear energy against non-state actors; 15. Decides to set up an observer commission in Syria comprising 50 Members of the United Nations, for a period of six months, which could be extended, entrusted with guaranteeing the security of nuclear reactors and plants regardless of any armed conflict, which may or may not be taking place in the country. (UNMNSS) 1 ; 16. Urges Syria to adhere to and put into effect the guarantees of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material as a measure to protect its nuclear material; 17. Determines to continue trusting the 1540 Committee, as a body of the Security Council, to ensure compliance with the clauses of resolution 1540 on the non-proliferation of these kinds of weapons; 18. Decides to create an International Voluntary Fund to increase investment in, and the budget for, the creation of, regional centres of the IEAE; Biological weapons 19. Decides to create an International Agency entrusted with the final verification of the application of safeguards in the convention on biological weapons. (OPBW) 2 ; 20. Requests the annual submission of reports by member states of OPBW; 21. Recommends countries to include measures in their national legislation to combat the development by non-state actors of biological weapons; furthermore it recommends thorough vigilance in order to guarantee the non-development of these kinds of weapons; 22. Urges all countries that have not already done so to join the convention on biological weapons; 1 United Nations Mission for Nuclear Supervision in Syria. 2 Organization for the Prohibition of Biological Weapons. 5

6 23. Exhorts the Sextet nations to set up negotiating tables with non- signatory countries with a view to these joining the Treaty; 24. Demands the dismantling of laboratories that elaborate biological weapons and the immediate discontinuation of their production; Chemical weapons 25. Further urges non-signatory countries of the Chemical Arms Convention to join the treaty in a climate of negotiation and dialogue in order to end the problem in a peaceful manner; 26. Exhorts countries that possess chemical weapons to comply with the safeguards of the convention on chemical weapons; 27. Urges the United States and the Russian Federation to continue the disarmament process through bilateral and multilateral treaties; 28. Assigns to the OPCW (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) the task of asking the national bodies of each country to submit biennial reports; Anti-personnel mines 29. Urges countries to subscribe to Protocol V of the convention on certain conventional weapons, concerning the ending of hostilities; 30. Requests all countries to supply information to the Security Council about the use of these kinds of weapons; 31. Decides to create an International Voluntary Fund whose funds shall be used for the purchase of equipment for the detection and clearing of antipersonnel mines; 32. Exhorts countries to make greater efforts to improve the methods and techniques of mine removal in zones that have gone through warfare; Cluster munitions 33. Urges countries with stockpiles of these weapons to substitute them for intelligent munitions (with the capacity to self-destruct when they do not hit their target); 6

7 34. Further exhorts, countries to subscribe to Protocol V of the convention on certain conventional weapons, which includes clauses that make of that convention a possible solution to the problem of cluster munitions; Depleted uranium ammunition 35. Urges all countries that have used this kind of ammunition to recognise the serious dangers that it involves; 36. Holds those countries responsible for the cleaning up of places where this ammunition was used; 37. Exhorts the same countries to cooperate humanely in the task of undertaking health checks on citizens of those countries where depleted uranium has been used in conflict; 38. Further urges countries to cease the production of these kinds of weapons; Final provisions 39. Expresses its intention of closely monitoring the implementation of the present resolution and, at the appropriate level, adopt whatever additional measures may be needed to this end; 40. Decides to continue actively addressing this matter. 7