Federative Republic of Brazil

Disarmament & International Security Committee (DISEC)

Disarmament of Private Illegal Military Companies in Areas of Conflict
Erina Ethila

Being a part of Latin America, violence is prevalent in Brazil. Salvador, the capital of Brazil’ s
northeastern state of Bahia is one of the top 20 violent cities in the world. Due to this, there has
been a rapid rise of private sector industry as an inevitable byproduct of crimes and violence
in the region. PMCs have a neutral impact on the Brazilian Republic as lack of
implementation and enforcement of regulations is a critical weakness in oversight of PMCs.
However, some of the PMCs have contracts with governments to provide training, equipment
and services to public security forces thus acting as an example to the aforementioned neutral
impact of PMC. All regulations regarding PMCs face challenges in implementation and
enforcement. Regulation of the private security industry has taken a dive in order to combat
crime and violence, thereby allowing PMCs to circumvent laws by lowering their risks.
Consequences of this lack of oversight and enforcement are corruption, human rights abuses
and excessive use of force.

DISEC’s venture is to make the aforementioned conflicts that make PMC necessary redundant,
specifically disarmament, global security and prevention of armed conflict. Its primary focus is
weapon proliferation. One of the methods to do this would be facilitating a dialogue for nuclear
disarmament. Facilitating the resumption of negotiations on bilateral reductions and direct
engagement among the five nuclear weapon States is an achievable goal if the action is
spearheaded by the Secretary General and High Representative of disarmament affairs through
quiet diplomacy and outreach.

Steps:
1)The Secretary-General to directly engage with the Heads of State or Government of the
nuclear-weapon States (ongoing) .

2)Advocate for agreement on benchmarks for the implementation of nuclear disarmament

commitments at the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (in progress).
3)Work with States parties to facilitate a successful outcome to the 2020 Review Conference of
the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (in progress).

Although Brazil’s history of nuclear competition could be cause for concern, after the ejection of
its Military Government in 1990s, Brazil has renounced its interest in nuclear weapons and
curtailed ballistic missile development and is now operating an extensive civil nuclear program.
TDISEC’S requirement to be incorporated in weapons proliferation in Brazil is mostly regional.
Thus concluding, Brazil’s stance on PMCs ranges from neutral to negative.

Citations:
1)https://www.thedialogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Security-for-Sale-FINAL-ENGLISH
-1.pdf
2)https://www.un.org/disarmament/sg-agenda/en/action/1
3https://www.un.org/disarmament/sg-agenda/en/action/1