GFMUN
Gimnasio Fontana Model of United Nations
DISEC
The DISEC committee was established by the UN to serve as a forum for representatives from all member countries to debate issues of disarmament and security in an environment of equality. This committee takes the measures necessary for the prevention or the reduction of international hostilities on matters that are not under discussion by the United Nations Security Council.
This year, the DISEC Committee will debate the premise:
Should Nations approve the use of chemical weapons in war? What possibe effects do these weapons have?
The term chemical weapon is applied to any toxic chemical or its precursor that can cause death, injury, temporary incapacitation or sensory irritation through its chemical action. Munitions or other delivery devices designed to deliver chemical weapons, whether filled or unfilled, are also considered weapons themselves.
The toxic chemicals that have been used as chemical weapons, or have been developed for use as chemical weapons, can be categorised as choking, blister, blood, or nerve agents. The most well known agents are as follows: choking agents—chlorine and phosgene, blister agents (or vesicants)—mustard and lewisite, blood agents—hydrogen cyanide, nerve agents—sarin, soman, VX.
