With the severity of the topic faced before them, countries struggle to target one solution in its simplicity; instead, delegates advance their arguments toward both action and communication in either the rejection or the stability of nuclear weaponry. The delegate of China openly proved their loyalty to minimal use of nuclear weaponry, calling for a “ fair step-by-step approach for disarmament that respect[ed] all states”; the delegate of Egypt came forward to immediately reject the idea of the complete elimination of nuclear weapons. They proclaimed that “Egypt can no longer remain idle - military use must be used for intentional budget allocation”. Thereon after, only one theme of the topic remained at the top of each country’s executionary speech: the prioritization of humanization.

Even then, humanity appeared in all different forms: the delegate of Japan and the delegate of Iran both discussed the interdependence of national security and development. Their ideas declared that the perception of nuclear weaponry was only threatening by the way it was portrayed, and how the countries dealt and advanced with these creations. However, if the transparency of countries in their military expenditures and defense sectors could be improved, then the redaction of military disbursement would no longer appear as a threat, or be compelled to be entirely eliminated; instead, as Japan beautifully stated, “defence is the foundation upon which peace is built”. While not agreed upon by all countries, this idea was put forward with steady and heavy defense.

Yet another idea was significantly built upon by the delegate of North Korea and the delegate of Germany. While other countries such as the delegate of Norway and the delegate of the Republic of Korea openly expressed their astonishment toward world expenditure increase, which increased up to 2.4 trillion dollars, as asserted by the United States, Germany announced that in allowing nuclear weaponry to even exist with humanity, “gradually we ha[d] accepted the ability to wipe billions of life away”. The severity of this statement pointed Germany as a country with no possible agreements on the ground of diminishing nuclear weaponry. At this moment, one question emerges: how many countries shall declare nuclear weaponry dormant, and how many as entirely extinct?

Author: Clara Zhao