Should every country have the right to carry out unlimited scientific research?

Sun morning class, pertaining to the 2009 qn above, attached are:

1) A sample answer key:

 

2) Cambridge Examiner Report 2009:
Should every country have the right to carry out unlimited scientific research?

This was probably the second most popular question overall. There was a sense that this was the topic which enabled candidates to ‘unload’ their prepared material in many cases. The emphasis of the question was on the ‘rights of countries’ as much as the notion of ‘unlimited scientific research’. Not infrequently, the former part of the question was ignored, or simply ‘tagged on’ as a token gesture to the question at the end of paragraphs or even the essay as a whole. This could not constitute sustained relevance to the question and could score little more than a moderate mark for Content.

A wide variety of answers appeared, many broadly agreeing that research should be ‘unlimited’ in areas such as medicine, global conservation / the Green Revolution, and areas which contributed to human wellbeing. Many candidates were concerned that developing nations should spend more on priorities such as education and infrastructure, leaving wider research to the developed world.

Ethical issues were raised, and support was given to the application of science via GM food and alternative energy sources. Weaker candidates were prone to be distracted by one or more of these areas, and so the overall essay lost balance or candidates often produced a broad list of these topics without enlarging upon each one. Nuclear technology was commonly raised and North Korea/Iran were cited as ‘rogue’ (often ‘rouge’) nations; some prepared answers crept in here. Very few offered any ideas as to how limitations might be monitored, although some referred to a government committee operating in Singapore and its ‘biopolis’. 

3) Sample Link on an earlier post (click HERE), check out Article 2 especially!

4) A handout on science and ethics which you will find useful for this qn (click HERE)

5) Pertaining to the cost of North Korea's failed satellite launch last year, the sum is about US$1billion (US$1000 million). Check out link:
http://rt.com/news/north-korea-rocket-satellite-044/.
An excerpt from the lnk as follows:

­The price to pay

South Korean intelligence officials have estimated the launch will cost their northern neighbor some $850 million, Yonhap News Agency reports.
With the launch site itself costing around $400 million, the rocket and its payload will cost $300 million and $150 million respectively.