Chile
In a statement marking the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons on 26 September 2023, Chile noted ‘the significant number of states’ that have joined the TPNW to date and emphasised that the TPNW was designed to strengthen the Non-Proliferation Treaty.[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) | Yes |
| 2MSP delegation size (% women) | 2 (50%) |
| Adoption of TPNW (7 July 2017) | Voted yes |
| Participated in TPNW negotiations (2017) | Yes |
| Negotiation mandate (A/RES/71/258) | Voted yes |
| Other weapons of mass destruction (WMD) treaties | |
|---|---|
| Party to an NWFZ | Yes (Ratified 1974, Tlatelolco) |
| Party to the NPT | Yes (Acceded 1995) |
| Ratified the CTBT | Yes (Ratified 2000, Annex 2 state) |
| Party to the BWC | Yes (Ratified 1980) |
| Party to the CWC | Yes (Ratified 1996) |
| IAEA safeguards and fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Safeguards agreement | Yes (5 Apr 1995) |
| TPNW Art 3(2) deadline | N/A |
| Small Quantities Protocol | No |
| Additional Protocol | Yes |
| Enrichment facilities/reprocessing plants | No |
| HEU stocks | Cleared |
| Plutonium stocks | No |
Latest developments
At the Second Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW (2MSP) in November 2023, Chile said: ‘The critical thing is that we must persuade the rest of the membership who are not part of the TPNW to sign and ratify it. It is a priority that we be an example so that those who are absent become interested and adhere to our Treaty.’ ‘There is no doubt that the prohibition of nuclear weapons is an ethical imperative and in line with the international system of protection of human rights,’ it added. ‘We have always perceived that the TPNW is a pillar of the international architecture of disarmament, non-proliferation and nuclear security that strengthens and supports the multilateral system in the fight against the possession of nuclear weapons.’2
At the First Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW (1MSP) in June 2022, Chile was appointed as gender focal point to work during the intersessional period to support the implementation of the gender provisions of the Treaty. It reported on the progress made in this regard at the 2MSP, where Mexico assumed the role for the period leading up to the Third Meeting of States Parties.3
Chile 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’.4
Recommendations
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Chile should continue to encourage other states to adhere to the Treaty.
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Chile should ensure that all the TPNW obligations are implemented domestically, through legal, administrative, and other necessary measures.