Benin
Benin participated in the Second Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW (2MSP) in November and December 2023 but did not make a statement.
TPNW Status
TPNW Article 1(1) prohibitions: Compliance in 2023 | ||
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(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 | |
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UNGA resolution on TPNW (latest vote) | Voted yes (2023) |
Participated in 2MSP (2023) | Yes |
1MSP delegation size (% women) | 1 (0%) |
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 | |
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Party to an NWFZ | Yes (Ratified 2007, Pelindaba) |
Party to the NPT | Yes (Ratified 1972) |
Ratified the CTBT | Yes (Ratified 2001) |
Party to the BWC | Yes (Ratified 1975) |
Party to the CWC | Yes (Ratified 1998) |
IAEA safeguards and fissile material | |
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Safeguards agreement | Yes (17 Sep 2019) |
TPNW Art 3(2) deadline | N/A |
Small Quantities Protocol | Yes (Modified) |
Additional Protocol | Yes |
Enrichment facilities/reprocessing plants | No |
HEU stocks | No |
Plutonium stocks | No |
Latest developments
In a statement marking the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons on 26 September 2023, the African Group, of which Benin is a member, urged ‘all members of the international community, especially nuclear-weapon States and those under the so-called “nuclear umbrella”, to seize the opportunity to sign and ratify the [TPNW] at an early date as well as pursue the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world’.1
Recommendations
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Benin should continue to encourage other states to adhere to the TPNW.
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Benin should ensure that all the TPNW obligations are implemented domestically, through legal, administrative, and other necessary measures.