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FinnStowers

Humanities
NuclearWeaponsInNorthKorea

BackgroundInformation

EversincetheKoreanWarendedin1953,NorthKoreahasbeenmanufacturing
nuclearweaponsandbuildinguraniumfactoriesalloverNorthKorea.NorthKoreahas
recentlybeenexpandingtheamountofuraniumfactorieswhichcanbeusedtocreate
nuclearweaponsandincreasetheirstockpileofweapons.Arecentfindinghasbeen
madeinNorthKoreathattheyhavebeenpreparingtobuildauraniumbuilding.The
renovationsuggeststhatNorthKoreaispreparingtoexpandtheproductionofuranium
fromanearbymine,Mr.Lewis,thedirectoroftheEastAsiaNonproliferationProgram
attheMontereyInstituteofInternationalStudies.

NorthKoreahasbeensuspectedto
havehadastockpileofnuclearweaponssince1981.NorthKoreahasalsothreatened
countriessuchasSouthKorea,Japan,Russia,China,andUnitedStateswithnuclear
warfare.

Duringthe1960sNorthKoreaaskedtheSovietUnionandChinaforhelpindeveloping
nuclearweaponsbutbothrefused.TheSovietUnionlatersaidthattheywouldhelp
NorthKoreacreateapeacefulnuclearenergyprogram.NorthKoreastillcontinuedto
manufactureandtestnuclearweaponsduringthe1970sandsuccessfullystarted
severalnuclearreactors.Duringthe1980stheywerelookingforpracticalusesof
nuclearenergyandweretryingtokeepupwithnuclearweapondevelopment.During
the1990stheUNdecidedtoallowNorthKoreatohavetwolightwaterreactorsin
exchangefordisarmament.From2000tonowNorthKoreahasbeentestingnuclear
weaponsandhasbeenrefusingtohavetheircountry'sweaponstockpile.

QuestionsToConsider

1. ShouldNorthKoreabeallowedtohaveanuclearweaponstockpile?
2. Shouldcountrieshavearighttomanufactureunlimitednuclearweapons?
3. Doyouthinkthatnuclearweaponsshouldbeusedformilitaryuse?
4. DoyouthinkthattheUNshouldbetryinghardertostopcountriesfrommaking
nuclearweapons?
5. Shouldcountriesbeallowedtohavenuclearweapons?

PossibleSolutions

1. AllowtheUNtoinspectNorthKoreafornuclearweaponsitesoruranium
factoriesbutallowthemtohaveasmallstockpileofnuclearweaponsfor
protectionuse.
2. ToendallnuclearactivityinNorthKoreabecausetheyhavebeenthreatening
countriesandcantbetrustedtohaveastockpileofweapons.
3. AllowNorthKoreatocontinuemakingnuclearweapons.

UNInvolvements

TheUNhasbeeninvolvedintheissueofNorthKoreasnuclearweaponsstockpile
since2006andhavetriedtopassfourresolutionssincethen.Thefirsttwowerepassed
afterNorthKoreannucleartestsweremadein2006and2009.Thethirdcameafter
NorthKorealaunchedasatelliteintoorbit,andthefourthcameafterrecentnuclear
testsinFebruary2013.TheUNhasbeenmostlyunsuccessfulintryingtopreventNorth
Koreafrommanufacturingnuclearweaponsbutatthesametimehavebeenslowing
downthedevelopmentofnuclearactivity.

WhyItIsImportantThatWeResolveTheIssue

Itisimportanttoresolvethisissuebecauseifonecountryhasamassivesupplyof
nuclearweaponsandhavebeenthreateningothercountries,itcouldresultinanother
WorldWar.IfthepurposeoftheUNistokeeppeacethenthatrulemustbepreserved.
Ifonecountryhastoomuchpowerthenthatcanhaveanegativeeffectonkeeping
peacethroughouttheworld.Ithinkthatnotallnuclearweaponsshouldbebannedall
overtheworld,however,theamountofnuclearweaponsonecountryshouldhave
shouldbelimited,soasnottoanuclearwar.IfNorthKoreahasbeenthreatening
countriesthenitisnotagoodchoicetoallowthemtohaveanuclearweaponstockpile.

Bibliography

http://www.nti.org/countryprofiles/northkorea/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#Referen
ces
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea#Government_and_politics
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/northkorea/index
.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/13/world/asia/northkoreausexpertsaysuraniumcap
acityseemstobeincreasingpossiblyfornuclearweapons.html?ref=topics

https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/UNSecurityCouncilResolutionsonNorthKore
a
http://www.nti.org/countryprofiles/northkorea/nuclear/

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