Guinea
In January 2023, Guinea participated in an African regional seminar on universalisation of the TPNW in Pretoria, hosted by the South African foreign ministry.[1] This meeting, it informed the First Committee in October 2023, had ‘bolstered our willingness to sign and ratify’ the Treaty.[2]
TPNW Status
| TPNW Article 1(1) prohibitions: Compatibility in 2023 | ||
|---|---|---|
| (a) | Develop, produce, manufacture, acquire | Compatible |
| Test | Compatible | |
| Possess or stockpile | 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 (2023) |
| Participated in 2MSP (2023) | Yes (observer) |
| 2MSP 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 |
| Other weapons of mass destruction (WMD) treaties | |
|---|---|
| Party to an NWFZ | Yes (Ratified 2000, Pelindaba) |
| Party to the NPT | Yes (Acceded 1985) |
| Ratified the CTBT | Yes (Ratified 2011) |
| Party to the BWC | Yes (Acceded 2016) |
| Party to the CWC | Yes (Ratified 1997) |
| IAEA safeguards and fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Safeguards agreement | No (Signed 2011) |
| TPNW Art 3(2) deadline | N/A |
| Small Quantities Protocol | No (Modified signed 2011) |
| Additional Protocol | No (Signed 2011) |
| Enrichment facilities/reprocessing plants | No |
| HEU stocks | No |
| Plutonium stocks | No |
Latest developments
Guinea observed the Second Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW (2MSP) in November and December 2023 but did not make a statement.
It 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
In the First Committee of the UN General Assembly in October 2023, Guinea also expressed concern about the dire international security context, characterised by wars of aggression and threats to use nuclear weapons. ‘The international community must change its strategy and promote disarmament and non-proliferation,’ it said.4
Guinea did not cast a vote on the adoption of the TPNW at the UN Diplomatic Conference in 2017 but has consistently voted in favour of the annual UN General Assembly resolutions on the Treaty, including 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.
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 and Additional Protocol with the IAEA.