Delegation from (member state here) Represented by (Delegate name here)

First Committee of the General Assembly: Disarmament and International Security

I. Assistance to states for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them

The International Community, in the wake of the Cold War, has seen many of its
members moving in profoundly different directions. While many states have prospered in
a time that has afforded them both peace and economic growth, others have struggled.
Regional conflicts have been brought to the forefront, and many unfortunate and bloody
wars are currently being waged around the globe. Other states, in the aftermath of the
Cold War, are currently trying to reform and restructure their governments in an effort to
achieve acceptance and active participation in the International Community in both
military and economic capacities. In the interest of cooperation and the desire for a
peaceful, stable community, we are committed to seeing the illegal and/or unethical trade
of weapons to states or groups with unsavory records in regards to human rights restricted
or abolished. We are also in favor of a strict adherence to the regulations regarding the
checking and licensing of parties seeking to purchase weapons or weapons based
technologies. In addition, we are committed to seeing weapons transactions across
international borders made public and records of those transactions readily available.

II. Relationship Between Disarmament and Development

As the world approaches the dawn of a new millennium, and its peoples enter an era of
socio-economic and geo-political uncertainty, we as citizens of the world are blessed with
a new age whose tale has not yet been written. However, with this new age comes the
awesome responsibility not to relive nor revisit the terror, carnage, and travesties of this
past millennium, more importantly, this past century. Through responsible governance
the world's nation states may avoid the regimes of Hitler's fascism, Stalin's totalitarian
oppression or Saddam Hussein's hegemonic ambitions. Let the talents of our peoples and
the resources of our lands be harnessed and used for the development of economic
solidarity not military superiority. Let our inherent ambition for conquest, as human
beings, not be one of land or peoples but of conquering our own intellect in the arts and
sciences. May we substitute the continued testing of weapons of mass destruction for the
testing of cleaner, cheaper alternative sources of energy, abundant foods, and more
effective medicines. Let our boarders separate us as unique and sovereign nations without
letting them divide us as people. As this past century has exemplified, political and social
dominance is won through free market enterprise and open trade, not through military
conquest. Let us therefore, embrace one another in our common interest of economic
stability and a unified Balkan region structured by democratic principle and solidified
through its fair and honorable application.
Let us not enter a new age with an old and archaic mentality. Let us seek diplomacy over
military resolve in settling our disputes. Let our legacy be the generation that stretched
out its hand rather than clenched its fist.

Source: American Model United Nations International. “Sample Statement of Policy.”

http://www.amun.org/index.php?page=paper1#1st