Cuba
Addressing the First Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW (1MSP) in Vienna in June 2022, Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parilla, said: ‘We have the responsibility to adopt, in this first meeting, important decisions aimed at guaranteeing the effective implementation of the Treaty and its universalisation.’[1]
TPNW Status
| TPNW Article 1(1) prohibitions: Compliance in 2022 | ||
|---|---|---|
| (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 1MSP (2022) | Yes |
| 1MSP delegation size (% women) | 11 (36%) |
| 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 2002, Tlatelolco) |
| Party to the NPT | Yes (Acceded 2002) |
| Ratified the CTBT | Yes (Ratified 2021) |
| Party to the BWC | Yes (Ratified 1976) |
| Party to the CWC | Yes (Ratified 1997) |
| IAEA safeguards and fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Safeguards agreement | Yes (3 Jun 2004) |
| TPNW Art 3(2) deadline | N/A |
| Small Quantities Protocol | No |
| Additional Protocol | Yes |
| Enrichment facilities/reprocessing plants | No |
| HEU stocks | No |
| Plutonium stocks | No |
Latest developments
At the Tenth Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in August 2022, Cuba described the TPNW as complementary to the NPT and hailed its entry into force in 2021 as ‘an undeniable milestone to advance towards nuclear disarmament’. It urged all states to ratify the Treaty ‘for its prompt universalisation’.2
During the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly in September 2022, Rodriguez Parilla said that Cuba champions the universalisation of the TPNW. ‘Nothing justifies the fact that humankind continues to remain threatened by the existence of around 13,000 nuclear weapons,’ he said.3
In the First Committee of the UN General Assembly in October 2022, Cuba said that the total elimination of nuclear weapons ‘is a matter of survival for humanity’ and ‘must continue to be the top priority in the field of disarmament’. Consistent with this view, ‘Cuba will continue to promote the universalisation of the TPNW.’4
Recommendations
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Cuba should continue to encourage other states to adhere to the TPNW.
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Cuba should ensure that all the TPNW obligations are implemented domestically, through legal, administrative, and other necessary measures.