Guinea
Guinea participated in the negotiating conference on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in 2017 but did not cast a vote on the adoption of the Treaty. Since then, it has consistently voted in favour of the annual UN General Assembly resolutions on the Treaty, including in 2024. It observed the Second Meeting of States Parties (2MSP) to the TPNW in 2023. Guinea maintains policies and practices that are compatible with all of the prohibitions in Article 1 of the TPNW, and can therefore sign and ratify or accede to the Treaty without the need for a change in conduct.
TPNW Status
| Key weapons of mass destruction treaties | ||
|---|---|---|
| NUCLEAR WEAPONS | ||
| Party to the TPNW | No | |
| Party to the NPT | Yes (Acceded 1985) | |
| Ratified the CTBT | Yes (Ratified 2011) | |
| Party to an NWFZ | Yes (Ratified 2000, Pelindaba) | |
| CSA with the IAEA | No (Signed 2011) | |
| AP with the IAEA | No (Signed 2011) | |
| BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS | ||
| Party to the BWC | Yes (Acceded 2016) | |
| Party to the CWC | Yes (Ratified 1997) | |
| TPNW Art. 1(1) prohibitions: Compatibility in 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| (a) | Develop, produce, manufacture, acquire | Compatible |
| Possess or stockpile | Compatible | |
| Test | Compatible | |
| (b) | Transfer | Compatible |
| (c) | Receive transfer or control | Compatible |
| (d) | Use | Compatible |
| Threaten to use | Compatible | |
| (e) | Assist, encourage or induce | Compatible |
| (f) | Seek or receive assistance | Compatible |
| (g) | Allow stationing, installation, deployment | Compatible |
| TPNW voting and participation | |
|---|---|
| UNGA resolution on TPNW (latest vote) | Voted yes (2024) |
| Participated in 2MSP (2023) | Yes (observer) |
| Participated in 1MSP (2022) | No |
| Average MSP delegation size (% women) | 4 (0%) |
| Adoption of TPNW (7 July 2017) | Did not vote |
| Participated in TPNW negotiations (2017) | Yes |
| Negotiation mandate (A/RES/71/258) | Did not vote |
| Fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Nuclear facilities | No |
| Fissile material production | No |
| HEU stocks | No |
| Plutonium stocks | No |
| SQP with the IAEA | No (Modified signed 2011) |
Latest developments
In the First Committee of the UN General Assembly on 16 October 2024, Guinea announced its intention to sign the TPNW ‘very soon’. ‘One of the priority goals of [the UN] in the area of disarmament is the eradication of nuclear weapons,’ it emphasised. ‘Unfortunately, the current global context is marked by an intensification of geostrategic tensions and an increase in discourse involving threats linked to the use of nuclear weapons.’1
Guinea participated in the African Conference on the Universalisation and Implementation of the TPNW in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in September 2024.2
It was one of the co-sponsors for the 2024 UN General Assembly resolution on the TPNW, which welcomed the Treaty’s entry into force and 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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Guinea should urgently adhere to the TPNW.
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Guinea should bring into force its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement (CSA) and Additional Protocol (AP) with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).