Honduras
In a statement marking the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons on 26 September 2023, Honduras said that ‘it is imperative to reiterate that the [TPNW] is one of the contributions of non-nuclear-weapon States to the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons’.[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 |
| 1MSP delegation size (% women) | 2 (50%) |
| Adoption of TPNW (7 July 2017) | Voted yes |
| Participated in TPNW negotiations (2017) | Yes |
| Negotiation mandate (A/RES/71/258) | Voted yes |
| Other weapons of mass destruction (WMD) treaties | |
|---|---|
| Party to an NWFZ | Yes (Ratified 1968, Tlatelolco) |
| Party to the NPT | Yes (Ratified 1973) |
| Ratified the CTBT | Yes (Ratified 2003) |
| Party to the BWC | Yes (Ratified 1979) |
| Party to the CWC | Yes (Ratified 2005) |
| IAEA safeguards and fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Safeguards agreement | Yes (18 Apr 1975) |
| 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
Honduras participated in the Second Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW (2MSP) in November and December 2023, where it argued that the universalisation of the TPNW must involve efforts by states and transnational networks to stigmatise not only the use of nuclear weapons, but also their very existence. ‘We recognise that an intense and laudable diplomatic effort has been positively built to universalise the stigmatisation of nuclear weapons.’ ‘Today, the States parties to the TPNW will continue to contribute to developing mechanisms to implement the Treaty and translate its provisions into concrete actions that allow the establishment of measures for the elimination of nuclear weapon programmes, to assist the victims of the use and testing of nuclear weapons, and to remedy the damage caused to the environment,’ it said. 2
Honduras 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
Recommendations
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Honduras should continue to encourage other states to adhere to the TPNW.
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Honduras should ensure that all the TPNW obligations are implemented domestically, through legal, administrative, and other necessary measures.