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Disarmament and International Security Committee DISEC

Table of Contents. What is DISEC?What functions does it have?Brief Description of the Topics: The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict through their illicit trade, causing an increase in the illegal traffic of weapons.The establishment of a nuclear weapon free zone in the Middle East.. What i

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Disarmament and International Security Committee DISEC

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    1. Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISEC) Chair: Juliana Márquez Vice-chair: María Beatriz Segura Director: David Trebilcock

    2. Table of Contents What is DISEC? What functions does it have? Brief Description of the Topics: The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict through their illicit trade, causing an increase in the illegal traffic of weapons. The establishment of a nuclear weapon free zone in the Middle East.

    3. What is DISEC? The Committee on Disarmament and Security(DISEC) is one of the six main General Assembly Committee. This committee was created in response to the growing threat to international security and due to the concern that arose once weapons of mass destruction were created. The committee meets annually for periods of 4 to 5 weeks in October in which different issues are discussed which include nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, within other matters that might be considered a threat to international security.

    4. What functions does it have? According to the United Nations Charter, the purpose of all general assembly committees is to meet and make recommendations for action to the Security Council and The General Assembly itself. This means that working papers that are approved in this committee (through simple majority) will not become resolutions, but would be passed on to the General Assembly. This also means that all resolutions must focus on which actions should be taken, as they are recommendations of actions, not declarations.

    5. Topic 1 “The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict through their illicit trade, causing an increase in the illegal traffic of weapons.” Since December 1st, 2000 the issue of conflict diamonds and their role in fueling conflict has been a crucial topic in the Agenda of the United Nations General Assembly. It has been recognized by the General Assembly that conflicts diamonds are a key factor in the widespread of wars in numerous parts of Africa which include Angola and Sierra Leone. A conflict diamond can be defined as: diamonds that originate from areas controlled by forces or factions opposed to legitimate and internationally recognized governments, and are used to fund military action in opposition to those governments, or in contravention of the decisions of the Security Council. The spreading of trafficking illegal diamonds is a key factor for fuelling the wars that currently take place in part of the African region. The trade of diamonds by illicit rebel forces helps the financing of the weapons used in conflict. Because the diamonds cannot easily be tracked down, these are traded to neighboring countries where diamonds are polished and blended in with legal diamonds making them impossible to identify.

    6. Topic 2 “The establishment of a nuclear weapon free zone in the Middle East.” Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (NWFZ) is considered to be (by the NPT) “the right to any group of States to conclude regional treaties in order to assure total absence of nuclear weapons in the respective territories.” The Middle East is not one of these zones, and due to the political instability in the region, the creation of a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in the Middle East has been called upon by different nations. The numerous changes taking place in the region and the arising conflicts are reasons to see the establishment of the NWFZ as viable. As the problem kept evolving, in 2005, Egypt was a pioneer in proposing the establishment of a NWFZ in the region of the Middle East. Bringing the topic up, the Egyptian ambassador before the International Atomic Energy Agency, assured that the nation would be tabling a draft resolution which would state the creation of a NWFZ, therefore sincerely hoping for a serious international commitment by the nations of the region. Soon after Egypt drafted the proposal, it was adopted by the IAEA general conference, however the draft did not include Israel.

    7. Bibliography http://www.wm.edu/so/irc//wmocmun/DISEC.pdf http://www.un.org/peace/africa/Diamond.html http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2004/webArticles/081204_nwfz.asp

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