This resolution will be up for vote until Wednesday, June 15th, at which time, I will cast my votes based on the results of this poll.

Remember, you may only vote if you are a current resident of the region of Canada, and you may only vote once - no matter how many nations you have in the region, or how many offsite forum accounts you have.

---

Description: The United Nations,

NOTING the positive consequences of Resolution 16, "Elimination of Bio Weapons", to global security and human welfare;

NOTING ALSO the precedents set by the following Resolutions: 40 (Banning the use of Landmines); 51 (Children in War); 57 (Reduce Black Market Arms Sales); 75 (The Nuclear Terrorism Act); 83 (The Eon Convention on Genocide); and 92 (Humanitarian Intervention) and their positive contributions to global security and human welfare;

REGRETTING that, although there are specific laws banning the trafficking and use of biological and nuclear weapons, there are as yet no such laws on chemical weapons;

BELIEVING that the world should be free of chemical weapons, as it now is of biological weapons;

RESOLVES to ban all production and trafficking in chemical weapons, and to take steps towards the ultimate decommissioning of all chemical weapons currently in existence.

I am thouroughly in favour of the sentiments of this resolution, however...

How do you distinguish a chemical weapon from a container of useful but toxic chemicals? I could see this being quite a problem for the chemical industry if over-sealously applied.


On balance a yes for me, but with reservations.

The resolution "Ban Chemical Weapons" was passed 10,006 votes to 7,109.


I cast my votes FOR this resolution, based on this poll.

Thank you for voting.