Safeguards Against Nuclear First Strikes
Category: Global Disarmament || Strength: Significant || Proposed by: Wallenburg
Recognizing the prevalence of nuclear weapons among member states,
Understanding the delicate nature of nuclear arsenals, and their capacity to cause great loss of life,
Hoping to reduce the chances of unwarranted nuclear warfare, and to minimize the likelihood of any mass nuclear exchanges,
The World Assembly hereby:
Defines, for the purposes of this resolution, "preemptive deployment" as the deployment of nuclear weapons against any nation prior to sustaining a nuclear strike from that nation or one of its military allies, or prior to a military ally sustaining such a strike,
Prohibits preemptive deployment in any circumstance where a nuclear detonation or resulting proliferation of hazardous materials might result in significant civilian casualties,
Prohibits preemptive deployment in response to any positive indications of an imminent nuclear strike unless they are beyond a reasonable doubt identified as proof of an imminent nuclear strike,
Urges member states to forego preemptive deployment altogether, and to employ nuclear weapons solely as defense weapons of last resort,
Requires member states to corroborate positive indications of an imminent nuclear strike by multiple independent methods, in order to reduce the likelihood of a false positive,
Also requires member states posessing nuclear weapons to explore and exploit all diplomatic options to establish and maintain direct and redundant means of emergency communication between their own governments and the governments of any relevant nuclear adversaries,
Directs member states to notify all relevant nuclear powers of the time, location, and target of any nuclear weapons test or any launch of a payload bound for a high-altitude ballistic trajectory, in order to avoid interpretation as a genuine nuclear strike.