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on disarmament. On the issue of nuclear disarmament, some would definitivelysuggest that it is the role of the UN to“bring to conclusion negotiations leading todisarmament”of nuclear weapons 31 .That the UN could have a role to play in such negotiations would be because forany nuclear disarmament regime to be sustainable, all states must participate andprohibit the manufacturing and stockpiling of nuclear weapons. The UN is the onlyorganization that can guarantee that all states are considered as equal stakeholders,irrespective of whether they possess nuclear weapons or not. As a corollary to this, asall states will have an interest to see that disarmament actually takes place, a formalor informal system of governance would likely have to be put into place. This will berequired so that risks to the credibility of the regime, whether that be from statestrying to circumvent obligations or non-state actors seeking to use nuclear technologyfor anti-social purposes 32 , do not materialize to undermine the objectives the regimeseeks to achieve.Thus as all states must be involved in the process, the UN would be an idealforum for them to come together as equal partners to establish a common set of rulesfor the elimination of nuclear weapons.What Can The UN Do?Safeguard Nuclear WeaponsAt first glance, this seems counter intuitive to nuclear weapons disarmament,since by definition, disarmament implies the elimination of nuclear weapons and notthe maintenance of the status quo. Engagement with the nuclear weapons statesis a practical way to safeguard nuclear weapons from being used. Within the logic77231InternationalCourtOfJustice1994AdvisoryOpinionLegalityofThreatorUseOfNuclearWeapons.32 Fugal, Jeffrey. 1995, A Brief Survey of the Smuggling of Fissile Material; An Embryonic Phenomena with aTerrifying Future in the European Community. Indiana International and Comparative Law Review, 6:289-318. Anexample of this includes the smuggling of fissile material. Indeed, such is the risk that the international communityhave been attempting to address this through a separate treaty (International Convention for the Suppression ofActs of Nuclear Terrorism (1996)).