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NapoMUN- Security Council Nuclear proliferation and nuclear disarmament: an international approach By definition, “nuclear proliferation” refers to the process by which one nation comes into possession of, or into the right to determine the use of nuclear weapons and each nation becomes potentially able to launch a nuclear attack on another nation. On the other hand, “nuclear disarmament” refers to the process of reducing in number or completely eliminating a country’s nuclear weapons. Nigeria is firmly committed to non-proliferation regime. It continues to strongly pursue the goal of general and complete disarmament. As far back as the early 1960s, Nigeria was in the forefront of the opposition to the nuclear proliferation, and took a principled stand on nuclear tests in Africa. Nigeria’s early ratification of NPT and the African Nuclear Weapon Free zone Treaty, also known as The Pelindaba Treaty is testimony to that long-standing commitment to the building of a nuclear weapon-free world. ISIS, the jihadist group in Syria, Iraq and Libya, has claimed it could purchase a nuclear device and transport it to the United States, through a network of countries including Nigeria. ISIS described Nigerian Army as “an exhausted and smashed national army that is now in a virtual state of collapse”. The NSO’s (Nigerian Security Organization) decision was to increase the security around harbors and airports. As the government has signed The Pelindaba Treaty, Nigeria’s only concern is the traffic with nuclear weapons which can be taken care of only by toughening the laws regarding the import and the export.
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NapoMUN- Security Council
Nuclear proliferation and nuclear disarmament: an international approach
By definition, “nuclear proliferation” refers to the process by which one nation comes into possession of, or into the right to determine the use of nuclear weapons and each nation becomes potentially able to launch a nuclear attack on another nation. On the other hand, “nuclear disarmament” refers to the process of reducing in number or completely eliminating a country’s nuclear weapons.
Nigeria is firmly committed to non-proliferation regime. It continues to strongly pursue the goal of general and complete disarmament. As far back as the early 1960s, Nigeria was in the forefront of the opposition to the nuclear proliferation, and took a principled stand on nuclear tests in Africa. Nigeria’s early ratification of NPT and the African Nuclear Weapon Free zone Treaty, also known as The Pelindaba Treaty is testimony to that long-standing commitment to the building of a nuclear weapon-free world.
ISIS, the jihadist group in Syria, Iraq and Libya, has claimed it could purchase a nuclear device and transport it to the United States, through a network of countries including Nigeria. ISIS described Nigerian Army as “an exhausted and smashed national army that is now in a virtual state of collapse”. The NSO’s (Nigerian Security Organization) decision was to increase the security around harbors and airports.
As the government has signed The Pelindaba Treaty, Nigeria’s only concern is the traffic with nuclear weapons which can be taken care of only by toughening the laws regarding the import and the export.
