Question

Do you think the United Nations should establish a nonproliferation treaty for other types of weapons, such as chemical and biological? If so, what sanctions should be imposed on countries that refuse to sign it?

Answer 1

Answer:

Although the Geneva protocol already exists in which the use of chemical or biological weapons for the states that signed it has been banned since 1925 and today there are about 137 countries that have accepted the same treaty, it is a bit of concern that the treaty focuses solely on its use and not on its manufacture and storage, which at the time of a war would be used since it is already available, I believe that it is very necessary that the United Nations elaborate a treaty where manufacturing is strictly prohibited , storage, sale and other activities with this type of weapons and those who infringe it could receive the following sanctions:

1. Withdrawal from the offending country of the United Nations, so that country will no longer have a voice or vote in the decisions taken by this entity.
2. The countries adhering to the treaty cut diplomatic and mercantile relations, not only with the offending country, but with all the companies or branches that are there, which exerts a very strong political and economic pressure, not only external but also internal.

Explanation:

Avoiding the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons is logical from the point of view of human preservation, currently the technology would allow the creation of devastating weapons that could kill entire countries and prevent these events from happening and protect the lives of innocent people should be the engine of rulers and international entities such as the United Nations.

Answer 2

Answer:

There is alredy a treaty called Geneva Gas Protocol that banned the use of these weapons

The Geneva Gas Protocol, in full Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, in international law, treaty signed in 1925 by most of the world’s countries banning the use of chemical and biological weapons in warfare. It was drafted at the 1925 Geneva Conference as part of a series of measures designed to avoid repetition of the atrocities committed by the belligerents in World War I.

The problem is that it is difficult to implement but a good measure would be very high fines to the countries that produce or stockpile these weapons.