Resolution to Establish Regional Safety Commissions

Sponsors: The United States, China, Pakistan, Germany, The United Kingdom, South Africa

1.The UN will establish regional safety commissions, to regulate, review, and recommend safety provisions for their member states. They will work with, but not answer to the IAEA. The superior power will be the regional commissions. They will be responsible for the following:

1. The establishment of regional nuclear safety schemes,

2. Regulations either through sanctions, or incentives depending on the regional safety commissions decision,

3. Working to reach a basic level of safety standards for their region.

4. There does not have to be limits on nuclear plants, it is based solely on the development of safety regulations overlooked by the regional commissions.

USA to Australia: "We've got your Back"

The United States, in recent developments, has pledged their full support to the Australian Government as a result of its Nuclear Safety policy and backing of the IAEA. Under this support the United States has granted the Australians use of there public safety officials, nuclear safety officials, and other funds in order to more fully prove there stance on the issue of Nuclear Safety, and aid those who find themselves in line with the United States.

US Not Consistent

While the United States and other progressive countries have shown negativity towards internet restrictions, there is still a discrepancy regarding United States policy. The United States Congress is currently pushing a bill to end Net Neutrality, which would give power to corporations to regulate the internet, through not hosting certain websites. When asked if they looked at this as a type of regulation or restriction, they gave no comment.

US, China Lead Resolution on Nuclear Safety

Resolution proposed in the Nuclear Safety council which will allow for the UN to establish regional safety commissions, to regulate, review, and recommend safety provisions for their member states. They will work with but not answer to the IAEA.  The Superior power will be the regional commissions. They will be responsible for numerous securities including the establishment of regional nuclear safety schemes as well as regulations through sanctions or incentives. There will be no limit on nuclear plants and this will be based solely on the development of safety regulations overlooked by the regional commissions. These commissions will work to reach a basic level of safety standards for their region. Sponsoring nations include: the United States, China, Pakistan, Germany, the United Kingdom, and South Africa.  Caucuses continue, and the resolution will be voted on in the near future.

Resolution Proposed for Regional Safety Commissions

The United States and China, along with Pakistan, Germany, The United Kingdom, and South Korea have reached a resolution for the United Nations to establish regional safety commissions. These commissions would "regulate, review, and recommend" the nuclear safety of separate regions. South Korea and other nations have noted that "to work with China and other nearby regions has cultural and geographical advantages". 

US Shut Out of Talks between China and Russia

Indonesia and Japan are concerned about ongoing talks between Russia and China on regional nuclear regulation. Russia and China are excluding the United States from the negotiations. Given China's significant investments in many developing nations, the influence it would have as a regional regulator of nuclear power, and the fact that China and Russia are both members of the UN Security Council, as well as how America is being kept out of the loop, it is understandable some nations are concerned.