Issue brief Calvin Mulcahy 1/14/14

UN Briefing on Nuclear North Korea

In 1985 North Korea joined the non-nuclear roliferation treaty !N"#$% &hich &as an act to rid the &orld of nuclear &ea ons and sto the 'a(in) of the nuclear &ea ons* +ut in ,--. "yon)yan) &ithdre& fro' the treaty usin) it as a cover secretly to create a nuclear &ea ons ro)ra'* More recently North Korea has started to test launch 'issiles% on / ril 1,% ,-1, a s ace launch conducted by North Korea violated an a)ree'ent in &hich the 0*1 sent food aid in return for a sus ension on all North Korean nuclear &ea ons develo 'ent* 2n 3ebruary 1,% ,-1. North Korea had conducted its third nuclear test launch that had created a 5*1 'a)nitude seis'ic shoc( in the area surroundin) the e4 losion* Korea has also clai'ed to have built a li)hter 'iniaturi5ed ato'ic bo'b* Koreas first nuclear test launch on 2ctober 9th resulted in China and 6ussia a)reein) in a resolution to lace ti)ht sanctions on North Korea* 3ollo&in) North Korea7s three nuclear tests% North Korea has also created a lon) ran)e 'issile ca able of stri(in) a tar)et thousands of 'iles a&ay and has sent 'ulti le threats to the 0*1* and its surroundin) countries* #here has only been one rulin) fa'ily in North Korea since it &as created* #here are t&o leaders &ith &ho' the North Koreans believe to be their best* #hey even considered the' )ods* #hey &orshi ed the' and even built statues for the'* Ki' Il-1un) &as the first and re'ained in o&er until his death in 1994* Ki' Il-1un) had a fifty year rei)n &hich be)an a for' of cult &orshi % includin) bein) called 8heavenly leader9 and 8sun*9 :urin) his rei)n a ne& calendar &as also for'ed% usin) Ki' Il-1un)7s birth year !191,$ as year 1* ;very ele'entary school had also built a s ecial 8trainin)9 roo' &here children &ere tau)ht about Ki' Il-1un)7s rei)n and ho& he &as ractically a )od* /fter his death an a'end'ent &as 'ade that roclai'ed hi' the eternal resident% and his birth and death day &ere 'ade national holidays* <is son Ki' =on)-Il &as the ne4t in o&er and &as thou)ht of as even 'ore o&erful than his father and he &as also thou)ht to have been able to control the &eather* +oth 'en7s death &ere 'et &ith an out ourin) of e'otion fro' the o ulace and 'e'orial sites and statues dot the country side* #heir bodies are no& on dis lay at a 'ausoleu' that &as built for the' des ite the hu)e fa'ine and drou)ht* #he current leader of North Korea is Ki' =un)-0n and he is still follo&in) in his father7s ste s* #he bi))est roble' that the 0N has &ith North Korea is that it has an active nuclear testin) and roducin) ro)ra' and the fact that North Korea already has the &ea onry to stri(e the 0*1* and other countries*

>uestions to Consider
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@hat &ould ha en to our 'oney if &e too( action to sto the nuclear roduction in North KoreaA &hat art of 'ilitary &ould &e useA &ould there be &arB @hat &ould ha en if &e let the' !North Korea$ 'ana)e the'selvesA &ould there be a nuclear outbrea(% &ould there be &arB @hat &ould ha en to the e4 ortation/i' ortation relations bet&een North Korea and the countries that it trades &ith if the 0N too( action a)ainst North Koreas nuclear ro)ra's% or if the 0N let the' beB @hat &ould ha en if North Korea didnCt &ant to ne)otiate% or if other countries didnCt &ant to hel ste inB

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Continue to negotiate with North Korea to make it a nuclear free country. Do nothing; to try and prevent war Ask other surrounding countries to take either military or economic action Have military go in and force them to stop their nuclear production programs.

"ossible 1olutions

0N Involve'ents
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#he 0N has re eatedly laced ti)ht econo'ic sanctions on North Korea% such as reducin) the a'ount of food aid )iven to North Korea* #his 'ethod did not &or( as the 0N had ho ed it &ould because North Korea has beco'e a self-reliant country and beco'in) 'ore isolated Made the NN"# !Non-Nuclear "roliferation #reaty$ and tried to ersuade North Korea to join* /s stated earlier in the brief North Korea had joined but resi)ned fro' the treaty and it had been found that North Korea used this as a cover to build a nuclear ro)ra'* #he 0N has ta(en a&ay food aid due to re eated 'issile tests in North Korea* #his a)ain did not have 'uch of an effect on North Korea

#his conflict &ill not li(ely be solved any ti'e soon but it is i' ortant to find a solution* #he reasonin) for this is the safety of 'any countries and the eo le in the'* North Korea has re eatedly threatened the 0*1* and its surroundin) countries*

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