WORKING PAPER 1.

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Committee: DISEC
Topic: Illicit Trading of Conventional Weapons

Signatories: France, Pakistan, Brazil, Lebanon, China, Russia, UAE, United, Ukraine, Germany,
New Zealand and United States of America

The General Assembly,

Recognizing the threats posed by the illicit trading in conventional weapons, which can cause
regional security issues, along with severe human right violations,

Defines Conventional Weapons under the definition provided by the United Nations Register of
Conventional Arms sets out seven key categories of conventional arms, with the addition of
small arms and light weapons being added to the debate,

Noting the social, economic and political causes of illicit trading in conventional weapons, and
the increased usage of them in war-ridden regions stemming from a lack of accountability on a
national level,

Concerned about the role of non state actors in illicit trading, due to an increased lack of
accountability, and the absence of an accountability venue for accountability for such actors on a
global scale,

Acknowledges that the International Court of Justice is the only suitable mechanism for
accountability for state parties involved in the illicit transfer of conventional weapons,

Supporting the usage of a singular binding document to be used as a code of conduct for the
production, usage, and transfer of conventional weapons,

Noting the increased role of technology in such illegal activities, and the usage of anonymous
economic systems such as cryptocurrency technology and the hawala system,

Bearing in mind the serious economic, geopolitical and humanitarian implications of illicit
trading of conventional weapons, being a leading cause of gun violence in war-ridden regions,

Taking into account the previous resolutions and international actions,

Alarmed by the lack of of accountability for issues of illegal involvement in conventional
weapons trading

1. Supports the accountability mechanism for countries involved in to be done via the
International Court of Justice:
a. Prosecution of states performing actions illegally during trading of conventional
weapons to be done through various provisions of the United Nations Charter,
including but not limited to:
i. Article 2 (4) of the United Nations Charter;
ii. Article 2 (7) of the United Nations Charter;
iii. Article 42 of the United Nations Charter;
b. All decisions of the International Court of Justice to be declared legally binding
on all state parties to the United Nations Charter, under the provisions of Article
93 (1) of the United Nations Charter, clearly stating that all parties to the Charter
are ipso facto members of the International Court of Justice;

2. Recognizes the need for immediate action against the usage of cryptocurrency for illicit
trading of conventional weapons by implementing the following provisions:
a. Recommends for monitoring to be done by the establishment of an international
data base logging all production, and transfer of weapons to domestic or foreign
groups and individuals;
b. Cryptocurrency trading to be monitored on a macro scale, with large sums of
deposits to off-shore accounts to be largely monitored, and to also identify
involved parties in such transactions and carry out due diligence processes.