[Xtraordinary Gentlemen]

I just wanted to get the ball rolling on these two weapons classes, since to the best of my knowledge they haven't yet been dealt with in compliance with the UNSA, and Franxico has found a good counter to the UNSA in non-proliferation. I'm thinking whoever takes these up would basically just be submitting something fairly close to Franxico's resolution with chemical and biological weapons plugged in for nuclear. I'm also thinking chem and bio should be two separate resolutions. That way we'd be setting up a strong and complete non-proliferation regime without leaving it open to being completely torn down by one repeal. And in real life the conventions on biological and chemical weapons and the nuclear non-proliferation treaty are three separate entities anyway.

Any other ideas? Anybody want to do either of these, assuming Franxico doesn't want them?

[Sausage Arabia]

Biological weapons proliferation is already prohibited by resolution #113. However, I think that'll be repealed at some point. As for chemical weapons, the main thing is going to be getting a spot-on definition.

[Xtraordinary Gentlemen]

To avoid clutter in the voting thread, thanks for the tip about the UN Timeline. I think tomorrow I'll try to dig around and see if there's such a thing as a commonly accepted definition of a chemical weapon in the real world. The Chemical Weapons Convention probably has some good stuff we can borrow or at least use as a starting point.

[Sausage Arabia]

In the real world, the best place to start is OPCW; their website includes a copy of the RL CWC.

In NationStates, one of my puppets got a ban to quorum - but then I saw some problems, and had it withdrawn. The definition I used - but wasn't totally happy with - was:

Quote: DEFINES for the purposes of this resolution:

a) "chemical weaponry" as:

i. toxic chemicals and precursors primarily designed for production of toxic chemicals;
ii. munitions and devices primarily designed to kill or harm through the action of toxic chemicals;
iii. any equipment primarily designed for cooperative use with said munitions and devices;

b) "toxic chemical" as a chemical that, through its chemical action on life processes, causes death or permanent harm to animal species, and that has reasonable potential as a military weapon,

c) "precursor" as a chemical reactant that takes part at any stage in the production of a toxic chemical;[/quote]