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NorthKoreaNuclearCrisisBrief

ClaireLeffler

InthefailedattempttojoinNorthandSouthKorea,theKoreanwarendedin
1953killingmorethan2millionpeople.DuringthewarbothNorthKoreaandSouth
Koreawerethoughtoftohavenuclearweapons.TodayNorthKoreaisinpossession
ofanunknownamountofnuclearweaponspossiblyfourtoeight.TheDemocratic
PeoplesRepublicofKorea(anuclearprogram)isthoughtoftohavetested3nuclear
weaponsin2006,2009andin2013possiblyafourthaccordingtoasatelliteimage
takenofNorthKoreastestingzone.Theyalsosuccessfullyfiredalongrangerocketin
2012,andareinpossessionofevenmoremissiles.Therearemassamountsof
evidenceprovingthatNorthKoreadoeshavetheseweaponsandcanposeathreat.
Furthermore,NorthKoreaispartoftheBiologicalandToxinWeaponsConvention
(BTWC)preventingpeoplewhohavesigneditfromcreatingbiologicalweapons,
however,NorthKoreahasalreadybeensuspectedofholdingthem.NorthKoreadoes
havetheneededmaterialstocreatemorenuclearandotherhazardousweaponssuch
asfissilematerial,enricheduranium,lowenricheduraniumandpossibly38.5kgof
plutonium.Ifsomeoftheseproblemsaren'tsolvednewoneswilljustbecreated.

NorthKoreasaidtheyneednuclearweaponstoprotectthemselvesafterthe
UnitedStatesthreatenedthem.ManycountriesagreethatNorthKoreashouldnotbe
allowedtohavethiskindofnuclearpowerintheirhands.ChinaandtheSovietUnion
wereoncestrongalliesofNorthKoreabuthavenowbackeduptherestoftheUN
whenthesubjectofnuclearexplosivesswayedtheiropinions.

UNInvolvements:
TheUNcreatedResolution1718(2006)thatblockedcertaingoodsfrom
enteringandleavingNorthKoreaalongwiththescanningofcargo.Theyalso
madeatravelbanoneveryonewhowasinvolvedinNorthKoreasnuclear
program.
Resolution1874(2009)wasmadebytheUNblockingthefundingusedtoget
nuclearweapons.
UniversallyResolution2094(2013)wasselected,takingrestrictionsfrom
resolution1718(2006)and1874(2009)toenforcethemfurtherandexecute
themontoindividualpeople.
ThereweretwomoreresolutionsmadebytheUNin20062013Resolution
1695andResolution2087backingupinformationfromthesefirstthree.

Questionstoconsider:

HowwilltheUNpreventanyfuturenucleartestsandattacks?
HowhavetheUNsactionsaffectedNorthKoreasNuclearprogram?
DoestheUNplantocreateanymoreresolutionstoresolvefutureproblems?
WillNorthKoreaeverevenconsiderlettinggoofalloftheirnuclearpower?

Possiblesolutions:

StrengthensanctionsonNorthKorea'snuclearprograms.
ContinuetocreateResolutionsbaseduponfutureevents.
Useforcesanecessary,regulatedbytheseverityofthesituation.
Ingeociatefurthertofindpossibleandreliablesolutions.

IfthisproblemisnotresolvedNorthKoreacancontinuetothreatenopposing
countrieswithnuclearweapons.Theymaymakeexplanationsforeachoftheiractions
andcausethesituationtobecomemuchmoreseriousthanitalreadyis.NorthKorea
hasenoughmaterialstocreateevenmorehazardousweaponsandcanadvancethe
threatalreadyimposed.

Ifthiscontinuesothercountriesmayalsoparticipateinthe
distributionandriskofnuclearweapons.IftheUNcontinuestoparticipateinandcome
toaconclusionwiththisissue,itwillbemucheasiertofindareliablesolution.

Sources:
http://www.nti.org/countryprofiles/northkorea/

http://www.armscontrolcenter.org/publications/factsheets/fact_sheet_north_korea_nucl
ear_and_missile_programs/

http://koreanwar.commemoration.gov.au/coldwarcrisisinkorea/

http://www.usun.state.gov/briefing/statements/205698.htm

http://www.un.org/press/en/2009/sc9679.doc.htm

www.un.org/press/en/2006/sc8853.doc.htm

http://www.un.org/press/en/2013/sc10934.doc.htm

www.usun.state.gov/briefing/statements/205698.htm

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