Guinea-Bissau
In January 2023, Guinea-Bissau participated in an African regional seminar on universalisation of the TPNW in Pretoria, hosted by the South African foreign ministry.[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) | No |
| 2MSP delegation size (% women) | N/A |
| Adoption of TPNW (7 July 2017) | Voted yes |
| 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 2012, Pelindaba) |
| Party to the NPT | Yes (Acceded 1976) |
| Ratified the CTBT | Yes (Ratified 2013) |
| Party to the BWC | Yes (Acceded 1976) |
| Party to the CWC | Yes (Ratified 2008) |
| IAEA safeguards and fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Safeguards agreement | Yes (23 Jun 2022) |
| TPNW Art 3(2) deadline | 15 Sep 2023 (Met 23 Jun 2022) |
| Small Quantities Protocol | Yes (Modified) |
| Additional Protocol | Yes |
| Enrichment facilities/reprocessing plants | No |
| HEU stocks | No |
| Plutonium stocks | No |
Latest developments
Guinea-Bissau participated in the First Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW (1MSP) in Vienna in June 2022, but did not participate in the Second Meeting of States Parties (2MSP) in New York in 2023.
In a statement marking the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons on 26 September 2023, the African Group, of which Guinea-Bissau is a member, urged ‘all members of the international community, especially nuclear-weapon States and those under the so-called “nuclear umbrella”, to seize the opportunity to sign and ratify the [TPNW] at an early date as well as pursue the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world’.1
Recommendations
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Guinea-Bissau should continue to encourage other states to adhere to the TPNW.
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Guinea-Bissau should ensure that all the TPNW obligations are implemented domestically, through legal, administrative, and other necessary measures.