Body United Nations General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and

International Security Committee)

Topics 1. Discussing the entitlement to displaced historical artifacts 
2. Combating drug trafficking while retaining international law 

Country Russian Federation

Represented by Eötvös József Gimnázium
Delegate’s name Benedek Sugar

Preventing the risk of radiological terrorism and increasing

transparency and confidence-building measures in potentially
weaponizable artificial intelligence

China can be seen as a state of perfect balance, a nation where everybody matters and none
of the people’s problems are neglected. Such equilibrium does not come easily, and it also
does not come without sacrifices. China knows this exactly, that’s why China is trying to help
lots of smaller nations to get closer to reaching their full potential every single day.
The risk of radiological terrorism has been growing ever since the first steps of
globalisation, meaning that we are closer than ever to suffering a serious radiological attack,
wherever it may be on Earth. China believes that it is inevitable that we do something about
this issue if we want to ensure safety and prosperity to each and every one of our citizens.
China is one of the five nations recognised by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons (NPT) as a Nuclear Weapon State (NWS). China holds this title with great
humility and responsibility, and China reassures the citizens of the world that China will
never use its nuclear arsenal while unprovoked. Furthermore, China also offers its own
weapons to less developed countries to use freely if they are attacked with a nuclear missile.
These are known as a negative security assurance and a positive security assurance,
respectively. China requests all nations formally recognised as a NWS to promulgate both a
positive and a negative security assurance so that no NWS abuses its nuclear power that has
been granted to them.
Regarding nuclear terrorism, China believes that out of the three types of nuclear weapons,
improvised nuclear devices (IND) are much more urgent of an issue than radiological
exposure devices (RED) and radiological dispensary devices (RDD). For INDs, two main
actions should be implemented in order to tackle the possibility of horrendous actions with
them: defining the extent of the power of NWSs and increasing the security and surveillance
of all nuclear facilities.
Firstly, it is important to set the basis of what is under the jurisdiction of the five nuclear
weapon states. China believes it is unacceptable that the United States is expanding in Europe,
stationing nuclear warheads in five different countries under the excuse of strengthening the
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO): Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, and
Turkey. If the United States already has multiple intercontinental ballistic missiles with global
range, then why would they need to station their highly lethal arsenal in other countries’ air
bases? China sees this as promotion of nuclear proliferation and therefore demands the United
States to halt and abort nuclear sharing immediately. Smaller countries do not need to possess
nukes unless attacked with one. This way, the possibility of a terrorist organisation
threatening the world with a nuclear warhead becomes much smaller as terrorists in Europe
can no longer have any access to nuclear warheads, ensuring partial peace.
Secondly, we need to address the security issues regarding all facilities producing highly
enriched uranium as well. China proposes that all nations increase their security on such
plants. The security would be overseen by the United Nations Police (UNPOL), as this
organisation has been tasked with keeping security on all points of the world. China believes
that UNPOL officers should keep continuous surveillance on the nuclear facilities and report
to the United Nations and to the police of the host-state annually.
Regarding RDDs and REDs, China believes banning their production is a simple yet
effective approach to take. Should this request be broken, China supports imposing penalties
on the target nation.
Another issue emerging in the past few years has been the use of artificial intelligence (AI)
in the military industry. Many countries are now worrying about implementing such programs
in warfare, as they depend on the decisions of a program which is not reliant on a human at
all.
China understands the concerns of these nations and believes that nations should fully
commit themselves to the resolvement of the issue in order to regulate AI systems. However,
we cannot regulate anything without defining them first, as currently “weapons using artificial
intelligence” lacks exact definition. For instance, it is not clear whether devices even slightly
reliant on a human operator can be considered AI weapons. China believes that the group of
weapons to be controlled should be the lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS). China
proposes five pillars that would define a LAWS: firstly, these weapons have to be able to
inflict lethal wounds; secondly, they can fully operate autonomously, without any help from
humans; then the fact that they are impossible to terminate is also important; furthermore, the
task assigned to them should have an indiscriminate effect on them, meaning that these
programmes fulfil their tasks regardless of what the job may be; and lastly they are able to
develop on their own, using their own observations and interactions with the environment.
After the definition we can also talk about their effects. China suggests not to impose a full
ban on these systems, as they can be incredibly beneficial in special operations such as
counterterrorism. Instead of labelling them as the up and rising danger on humanity, we
should appreciate their efficiency, manageability, obedience, and sustainability. China would
also like to remind other nations that once these systems are perfected, the production and
usage of them are going to be much cheaper and easier than of traditional weapons all while
being more efficient and obedient as well.
Of course, China does not support the uncontrolled proliferation of these weapons as a
cheap mistake could very well be a threat to all of humanity. Therefore, China supports
appointing a few countries that would be tasked to create, produce, and sell such systems so
that the trustworthiness and efficiency can be guaranteed.
Furthermore, the appointed nations should always be open to cooperation, as these nations
should be ready to share their technology with the rest of the world at all times. If this
condition is not met, the development of such systems could easily become a new arms race
which would result in a much higher chance of a serious mistake written into the latest
programs.
China intends to improve the safety and security of all nations with the ideas presented in
her position paper. China hopes that all these developments on the committee’s topics will be
accepted by the other member states, otherwise we may not achieve anything significant in
the upcoming few days. China wishes a fruitful debate with all member states satisfied in the
end.
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