News Update 2
Hello all!
I hope you are all having fun preparing for the conference. In the mean time, check this article out:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/27/turkey.iraq/index.html
Recently, Turkey stepped up its military efforts against Kurdish separatists. Think about how this relates to our committee topics. What implications do such military action and escalation of tensions have on attempts to establish a nuclear free zone? Read the article and post your comments! We’ll be reading over comments later this week, so get posting! Enjoy and see you in a few weeks.
- DISC Chairs
February 28th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
I read this article, and it seems that terrorist groups in Iraq have been attacking Turkish targets across the boarder. Turkey has responded by attacking the terrorist group (acknowledged as a terrorist group by both U.S. and Iraqi governments) to end PKK terrorism. After reading this article, to me it seems that Turkey has the right and responsibility to guard its citizens against terrorist attacks, but that the U.S. has been viewing Turkey’s actions with concern. In relation to Nuclear Terrorism, this threat to Turkey shows what a country will do when threatened by terrorists. President George Bush also gave an example of country action against terrorism in his war on terror after 9/11. It seems to me that with nuclear terrorism, fighting between terrorists and countries will become even more dangerous because of the use of nuclear weapons. Some action must be taken to ensure that countries do not have to experience the threat of nuclear terrorism, and to make a plan for action to be taken by the United Nations in cooperation with other international organizations in the event of nuclear terrorism because without reliable action from the UN and others, nations will take the protection of their interests into their own hands.
Emma S.
The Republic of Haiti
(Nuclear Terrorism)
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:53 pm
Fellow Delegates,
As you probably know, this conflict which involves: the Turkish and the Kurds has only been worsening in the recent months. The Turkish forces have clearly disobeyed American and Iraqi orders for them to extract from the region in 6 days or less. According to this article found here at http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/27/turkey.iraq/index.html, “Turkey’s actions have drawn condemnation from the Iraqi government and prompted concern from the United States.” It is evident that one of the reasons this prompts concern from such countries as the United States, is the threat of nuclear warfare, which can errupt between these groups or other non-state actors, such as the terrorists( PKK, which is acknowledged by the US and Iraq).
In an effort to prevent such hypothetical catastrophes, the State of Israel has signed the United Nations Convention for the Suppression Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, which was led by the U.S. Israel, also with strongly opposes the three main classifications of terrorism: Governmental terror, State involvement in terror, and State Sponsorship of terror.
The State of Israel is deeply concerned about these actions that have taken place in its geographical vicinity. For this reason, is it emphasizing the fact that great pre-cautionary measures should be taken to prevent any further outbreak of a wide-scale, nuclear conflict. As one of the first nations in the global community with a majority of the population being Muslim, Turkey recognized the State of Israel as an independent nation; leading to closer relations between these two nations. Israel is now trying to create closer relations with the Kurds, so that it can possibly act as a bridge for negotiations. Delegates must remember that possibility of an outbreak of a large scale conflict would agitate surrounding nations that have tense relations with Israel, so the State of Israel, is truly limited to what it can achieve. Saying this, Israel would like the international community to propose other peaceful solutions to bring about stability in that region.
-Israel
Etiwanda High School
March 9th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
According to the article terrorists from Iraq are attacking Turkish citizens. We have had many examples which have shown that using nuclear weapons for the protection of your country has promoted nuclear violence and also nuclear terrorism. Military using nuclear weapons reduces the chances of having nuclear free zones.
Micronesia
March 10th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
The bottom line here is stability.
When it comes to nuclear power, weapons, what have you, stability is of the utmost importance to ensure security.
If the Turkish government is compromising relative stability in the region, than all the more reason to keep nuclear material out of the region.
This is obviously an oversimplification of the subject, but I think a major focus must be stability.
Serbia
March 11th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
New Zealand’s three-defense policy objectives include: defending itself against low level threats, contributing to regional security, and to playing a part in global security efforts. To get rid of Terrorism in the world, the delegation of New Zealand proposes that we first look toward the towns that the terrorist groups stem from. These villages are usually found in third world countries where their government cannot necessarily provide for them. Instead these people look toward these terrorist organizations and see them as their only opportunity. Regrettably, people cannot be jailed for simply belonging to a terrorist organization, but the more they are exposed to this propaganda, the more likely they will partake in various terrorist actions. The delegation of New Zealand sees this topic as very prominent in the world today, and encourages other delegations to push for it.
New Zealand
March 11th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
This situation is very similar to the situation that was recently experienced by Colombia and Ecuador. Turkey is invading Iraq’s sovereignty, and even if it is because of terrorism they should not be allowed. Turkey violated many international laws, and should be condemed.
South Africa would like to know what the other delegates think about the situation in south america.