El Salvador
In the First Committee of the UN General Assembly in October 2023, El Salvador stressed ‘the importance of [the TPNW] as an effective measure for the implementation of Article VI of the NPT’ and reaffirmed its commitment to the Vienna Action Plan adopted at the first Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW in 2022.[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 |
| 1MSP delegation size (% women) | 4 (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 1968, Tlatelolco) |
| Party to the NPT | Yes (Ratified 1972) |
| Ratified the CTBT | Yes (Ratified 1998) |
| Party to the BWC | Yes (Ratified 1991) |
| Party to the CWC | Yes (Ratified 1995) |
| IAEA safeguards and fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Safeguards agreement | Yes (22 Apr 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
El Salvador participated in the Second Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW (2MSP) in November and December 2023, describing it as an ‘important milestone for the young Treaty’ and ‘an opportunity to share progress on the objectives and goals of the Treaty, as well as to advocate for its universalisation’. It said that the TPNW is ‘an integral part’ of the nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation architecture and ‘a reinforcement’ to instruments such as the NPT and Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.2
El Salvador 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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El Salvador should continue to encourage other states to adhere to the TPNW.
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El Salvador should ensure that all the TPNW obligations are implemented domestically, through legal, administrative, and other necessary measures.