Monitoring+naval+strength+of+BRIC+countries+(Brazil+–+Russian+Federation+–+India+–+China)


 * What are BRIC countries?
 * An acronym for the nations of Brazil, Russia, India and China
 * They are named BRIC countries and grouped together because of their similar economic development stages
 * Why is the monitoring of their naval forces such a big issue?
 * All 4 aforementioned nations have the potential to become world superpowers, overcoming even the United States
 * Russia and China are both P-5 nations
 * It is the general consensus that these 5 nations are a possible threat to security in their respective regions due to rapid economic development, strong economies and willingness to spend so much money on their millitaries, in particular their navies
 * Russia and China are both factually known to posses nuclear arms and India and Brazil may soon follow suit
 * There is a growing concern that these 4 newly prosperous and powerful nations will become tyrannical in one way or another and a potential arms race will ensue
 * There is growing concern that a repeat of the cold war between the Soviet Union and the USA that almost culminated in all out nuclear warfare will occur
 * Why are these nations so powerful and what weapons do they posess
 * Brazil, as mentioned in the following article ([|http://www.defenceiq.com/]) is in a hurry to obtain several large high powered submarined
 * China and Russia both already have extremely powerful armies and nuclear weapons
 * Russia has an extremely formidable air force and if it controlled seas it could become a major threat to its neighboring nations (referring to incident with Georgia)
 * India is growing at a rate so rapid, not even economists could predict their current rate of expansion
 * What should be done?
 * Constant monitoring of BRIC countries military operations should be carried out by the UN on a quarterly basis
 * Colombian stance
 * Colombia, like the United States, sees many of these nations as a major threat to global security as well as trade and trade routes they potentially block to obtain capitol, preventing many nations from prospering from trading by sea


 * Operative clause
 * 1) Urges all BRIC nations to meet on their own accord to discuss a ceiling for the GDP spent on weapons and for millitary prposes
 * 2) Recommend that all BRIC nations, once again on their own accord, meet to discuss the amount of their nations GDP that should be spent on healthcare that is no lower than 7%
 * 3) Strongly recommends that BRIC nations agree to stop any and all nuclear proliferation and enrichment of uranium above 85%