States Parties
Cook Islands
Cook Islands participated in a virtual Pacific Roundtable hosted by New Zealand on 7 December 2021 to prepare for the First Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW.[1]
SIGNATURE
DEPOSIT WITH UNSG
4 Sep 2018 (Accession)
ENTRY INTO FORCE
22 Jan 2021
DECLARATION
Received 4 Sep 2018
| TPNW Article 1(1) prohibitions: Compliance in 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|
| (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 | |
|---|---|
| 2021 UNGA resolution on TPNW | N/A |
| 2020 UNGA resolution on TPNW | N/A |
| 2019 UNGA resolution on TPNW | N/A |
| 2018 UNGA resolution on TPNW | N/A |
| Participated in TPNW negotiations | N/A |
| Share of women in TPNW negotiations | N/A |
| Vote on adoption of treaty text | N/A |
| Adoption of TPNW (7 July 2017) | N/A |
| IAEA safeguards and fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Safeguards Agreement | Yes* |
| TPNW Art 3(2) deadline | N/A |
| Small Quantities Protocol | Yes (Original)* |
| Additional Protocol | No |
| Fissile material production facilities | No |
| Highly enriched uranium stocks | No |
| Plutonium stocks (mil/civ) | No/No |
| Related treaties and regimes | |
|---|---|
| Party to the BWC | Yes |
| Party to the CWC | Yes |
| Party to the PTBT | No |
| Ratified the CTBT | Yes |
| Party to the NPT | Yes* |
| Party to a NWFZ | Yes (Rarotonga) |
| Member of the CD | No |
Latest developments
Cook Islands' High Commissioner Elizabeth Wright-Koteka participated in a celebration of the TPNW's entry into force in Wellington and online on 21 January 2021.2 Cook Islands was the first state party to comply with the obligation to submit the declaration required by the Treaty’s Article 2.
Recommendations
- Cook Islands should continue to encourage other states to adhere to the TPNW.
- Cook Islands should ensure that all the TPNW obligations are implemented domestically, through legal, administrative, and other necessary measures.
- Cook Islands should conclude and bring into force an Additional Protocol with the IAEA, and upgrade to a Modified Small Quantities Protocol.
* Through territorial application by New Zealand
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