Committee: Security Council

Topic: Nuclear disarmament of North Korea

Country: North Korea (DPRK)
Topic Background
Nuclear weapon disarmament of North Korea means Denuclearization of the Korean
Peninsula. North Korea (DPRK) is the only country to have withdrawn from the Treaty on the
Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) to pursue a nuclear weapons program. North Korea
started with its nuclear weapon after world war 2.
North Korea’s nuclear weapon testing influences countries around the world. Regarding
nuclear disarmament of North Korea, there are countries in favor of the disarmament and against
the disarmament. China, Russia being the main supporters of North Korea. USA, South Korea,
Japan are the main countries opposing North Korea. The countries in UN are all affected and
everyone in the world are affected by this.
North Korea began its nuclear program in the early 1950s. In December 1952, nuclear
work only began to progress when North Korea established cooperative agreements with the
Soviet Union. North Korea again reported its withdrawal from the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty.
In 2005, it confessed to having atomic weapons yet pledged to close the atomic program. On
October 9, 2006, North Korea reported it had effectively led its first atomic test and is
proceeding to test its atomic weapon till today with nations supporting and contradicting North
Korea.
Past International action
Since 2006, the United Nations Security Council has embraced nine main sanction
resolutions on North Korea considering the nation's nuclear and missile activities. In addition to
adding sanctions, the resolutions give UN member states the authority to to prohibit and review
North Korean payload inside their region, and in this way seize and discard unlawful shipments.
The goal additionally calls upon North Korea to rejoin the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty (NPT), which it acquiesced to in 1985 however pulled back from in 2003 after U.S.
claims that the nation was seeking after an unlawful uranium enrichment program. The Security
Council also has called for North Korea to return to negotiations in the Six-Party Talks, which
include South Korea, North Korea, China, Japan, Russia and the United States. The Six-Party
talks, which took place from 2003-2009, resulted in a joint statement on denuclearizations.
The U.N. monitors included in the report evidence of one prohibited petroleum
transaction worth more than$5.7 million. The report blamed North Korea for additionally
disregarding a U.N. arms ban while attempting to sell "a wide scope of military gear to equipped
gatherings and governments in the middle East and Africa.
Country Policy
Since assuming power in 2011, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has exponentially
increased testing of nuclear weapons and the missiles needed to deliver them against the United
States and its allies. Experts assess that the regime now has 30 or more nuclear weapons. In
2017, North Korea tested a weapon at least 10 times more powerful than those used in 1945,
indicating it has developed highly destructive hydrogen bombs. Pyongyang has frequently
threatened to use its nuclear weapons to turn Washington into a “sea of fire.” The regime also
announced that some of its missile launches were practicing nuclear airbursts against U.S. bases
in South Korea and Japan.
On January 6, 2007, the North Korean government further affirmed that it had atomic
weapons. In February 2007, after the six-party talks demilitarization process, Pyongyang
consented to close down its fundamental atomic reactor. On October 8, 2008, IAEA controllers
were illegal by the North Korean government to direct further examinations of the site.
For decades, North Korea was able to keep the world at bay as it pursued nuclear
weapons and ICBM programs, first in secret and then in open defiance of UN resolutions. The
regime was able to do so through a comprehensive multi-faceted strategy of deny, deceive, and
delay.
Possible solution
There are many solutions which are beneficial to North Korea for example, the end of
U.S.-South Korean military exercises, removal of U.S. troops from South Korea, abrogation of
the bilateral defense alliance between the United States and South Korea, cancellation of the U.S.
extended-deterrence guarantee, and worldwide dismantlement of all U.S. nuclear weapons.
Establishing formal diplomatic relations with the U.S., signing a peace treaty, and no
U.N. action. Report of the Commission of Inquiry on human rights abuses in North Korea.
Deletion of all U.N. Sanctions, U.S. sanctions, EU sanctions and financial targeted actions.
The Democratic People Republic of Korea and Republic of Korea continue to participate
in an active cultural for example reunion, sporting events etc. in order to raise funds which can
help North Korea in its food supply which would be beneficial to both the countries
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