Belize
In the First Committee of the UN General Assembly in October 2023, Belize delivered a statement on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which expressed support for the implementation of the TPNW. ‘All CARICOM member States are either parties, signatories or in the process of acceding to the TPNW,’ it said.[1]
TPNW Status
| TPNW Article 1(1) prohibitions: Compliance in 2023 | ||
|---|---|---|
| (a) | Develop, produce, manufacture, acquire | Compliant |
| Test | Compliant | |
| Possess or stockpile | Compliant | |
| (b) | Transfer | Compliant |
| (c) | Receive transfer or control | Compliant |
| (d) | Use | Compliant |
| Threaten to use | Compliant | |
| (e) | Assist, encourage or induce | Compliant |
| (f) | Seek or receive assistance | Compliant |
| (g) | Allow stationing, installation, deployment | Compliant |
| TPNW voting and participation | |
|---|---|
| UNGA resolution on TPNW (latest vote) | Voted yes (2023) |
| Participated in 2MSP (2023) | No |
| 1MSP delegation size (% women) | N/A |
| Adoption of TPNW (7 July 2017) | Voted yes |
| Participated in TPNW negotiations (2017) | Yes |
| Negotiation mandate (A/RES/71/258) | Did not vote |
| Other weapons of mass destruction (WMD) treaties | |
|---|---|
| Party to an NWFZ | Yes (Ratified 1994, Tlatelolco) |
| Party to the NPT | Yes (Acceded 1985) |
| Ratified the CTBT | Yes (Ratified 2004) |
| Party to the BWC | Yes (Acceded 1986) |
| Party to the CWC | Yes (Acceded 2003) |
| IAEA safeguards and fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Safeguards agreement | Yes (21 Jan 1997) |
| TPNW Art 3(2) deadline | N/A |
| Small Quantities Protocol | Yes (Modified) |
| Additional Protocol | No |
| Enrichment facilities/reprocessing plants | No |
| HEU stocks | No |
| Plutonium stocks | No |
Latest developments
Belize was one of the co-sponsors for the 2023 UN General Assembly resolution on the TPNW, which called upon ‘all States that have not yet done so to sign, ratify, accept, approve or accede to the Treaty at the earliest possible date’.2
Recommendations
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Belize should continue to encourage other states to adhere to the TPNW.
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Belize should ensure that all the TPNW obligations are implemented domestically, through legal, administrative, and other necessary measures.
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Belize should conclude and bring into force an Additional Protocol with the IAEA.