Haiti
Haiti co-sponsored the 2025 UN General Assembly resolution on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (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’.1
TPNW Status
| Key weapons of mass destruction treaties | ||
|---|---|---|
| NUCLEAR WEAPONS | ||
| Party to the TPNW | No (Signed 2022) | |
| Party to the NPT | Yes (Ratified 1970) | |
| Ratified the CTBT | Yes (Ratified 2005) | |
| Party to an NWFZ | Yes (Ratified 1969, Tlatelolco) | |
| CSA with the IAEA | Yes (In force 2006) | |
| AP with the IAEA | Yes (In force 2006) | |
| BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS | ||
| Party to the BWC | No (Signed 1972) | |
| Party to the CWC | Yes (Ratified 2006) | |
| TPNW Art. 1(1) prohibitions: Compliance in 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|
| (a) | Develop, produce, manufacture, acquire | Compliant |
| Possess or stockpile | Compliant | |
| Test | 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 (2025) |
| Participated in 3MSP (2025) | No |
| Participated in 2MSP (2023) | Yes (observer) |
| Participated in 1MSP (2022) | No |
| Average MSP 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 |
| Fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Nuclear facilities | No |
| Fissile material production | No |
| HEU stocks | No |
| Plutonium stocks | No |
| SQP with the IAEA | Yes (Revised) |
Latest developments
In the First Committee of the UN General Assembly in October 2025, Haiti welcomed ‘the progress made under the [TPNW]’ and expressed support for ‘multilateral, transparent, irreversible, and verifiable disarmament’.2
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), of which Haiti is a member State, also addressed the Committee, reaffirming its support for the TPNW and emphasizing that the First Review Conference in 2026 offers a ‘crucial opportunity to strengthen norms against these weapons and to accelerate the momentum toward their elimination’.3
In a separate statement to the Committee, CARICOM hailed the TPNW as ‘a landmark achievement that reinforces and complements the international legal framework for nuclear disarmament’ and ‘embodies the collective moral, legal, and humanitarian imperative to eliminate these weapons once and for all’. It urged all States that have not yet joined the Treaty to do so ‘without delay’.4
Haiti attended the Second Meeting of States Parties (2MSP) to the TPNW in November-December 2023 as an observer, describing it as an ‘opportunity to institutionalize 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.5
Recommendations
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Haiti should urgently ratify the TPNW.
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Haiti should ratify the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).