Professional Documents
Culture Documents
(UNSC)
Topic: Combating the Threat of Non State
Military Organisations
Country: The Russian Federation
Delegate: Navjosh Singh Atwal
School: Strawberry Fields High School
Position Paper
Currently, many countries are addressing the increase of nonstate actors. Some say that non-state actors provide a threat
and thus should not be provided with weaponry by any means.
Countries who feel this way lobby for international law that
would regulate, and in some cases even place international
bans on selling weapons to certain non-state actors. These
international regulations would decide which non-state actors
are acceptable and which should not be trusted with weapons.
While Russia does not support the actions of all non-state
actors, we maintain that it is not for the creators of an
international law to subjectively judge which groups are fit and
which are unfit for possession of weaponry. The Counter
Terrorism Committee should not make decisions to regulate
which non-state actors are deemed dangerous.
Decisions of that nature should be handled internally by each
individual country. A uniform international law could not meet
the desires of each country because countries often disagree
regarding the intentions and very nature of non-state actors.
Sale of weaponry to these non-state actors can be appropriate
when approved by government. In fact, the sale of weaponry is
generally encouraged as a vital part of the Russian economy.
To disallow the sale of weaponry to certain buyers could put a
dent in the economy. In 2012, Russia reached a record 14
billion dollars in arms exports. While some countries may be
less devastated by weapon-sale regulation, Russia would take a