Haiti
In the First Committee of the UN General Assembly in October 2023, Haiti said that the ‘ever-present threat of the use of weapons of mass destruction’ seriously challenges ‘the preservation of international peace and security’. It reaffirmed its support for the TPNW, ‘considered an essential complement to the NPT’, and congratulated those States that had recently joined it. ‘Their actions aim to contribute to strengthening the disarmament regime, prevent nuclear proliferation, and promote international peace and security,’ it said.[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 (observer) |
| 2MSP delegation size (% women) | 4 (25%) |
| 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 1969, Tlatelolco) |
| Party to the NPT | Yes (Ratified 1970) |
| Ratified the CTBT | Yes (Ratified 2005) |
| Party to the BWC | No (Signed 1972) |
| Party to the CWC | Yes (Ratified 2006) |
| IAEA safeguards and fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Safeguards agreement | Yes (9 Mar 2006) |
| 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
Haiti observed the Second Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW (2MSP) in November and December 2023, describing it as an ‘opportunity to institutionalise and strengthen the TPNW’. ‘This Treaty is considered an important step towards the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons and a strong demonstration of support for multilateral approaches to disarmament,’ it said. Haiti also recalled that the States of Latin America and the Caribbean, motivated by humanitarian concerns, participated in the negotiation of the TPNW in 2017 ‘in a constructive and responsible spirit, with a view to filling a legal void in the field of disarmament’.2
Recommendations
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Haiti should urgently ratify the TPNW.
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Haiti should ratify the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).