Ecuador
In a statement marking the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons on 26 September 2023, Ecuador called on all States that have not yet done so to sign and ratify the TPNW. ‘For Ecuador, there are no good hands for nuclear weapons,’ it said. ‘The catastrophic humanitarian consequences of the use of nuclear weapons, whose existence alone challenges the survival of humanity, are widely known.’[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) | 3 (0%) |
| 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 1969, Tlatelolco) |
| Party to the NPT | Yes (Ratified 1969) |
| Ratified the CTBT | Yes (Ratified 2001) |
| Party to the BWC | Yes (Ratified 1975) |
| Party to the CWC | Yes (Ratified 1995) |
| IAEA safeguards and fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Safeguards agreement | Yes (10 Mar 1975) |
| 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
Ecuador participated in the Second Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW (2MSP) in November and December 2023, describing it as ‘a new opportunity to strengthen and continue with the institutionalisation of the Treaty’. It noted the ‘considerable progress’ made towards universalisation of the TPNW and reiterated its ‘firm commitment’ to this goal – the fulfilment of which would ‘constitute a victory for humanity’.2
Ecuador 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’.3
Recommendations
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Ecuador should continue to encourage other states to adhere to the TPNW.
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Ecuador should ensure that all the TPNW obligations are implemented domestically, through legal, administrative, and other necessary measures.