Kiribati
Together with Kazakhstan, Kiribati is serving as co-facilitator on the TPNW's Articles 6 and 7 for the Treaty's First Meeting of States Parties in 2022. In that role, Kazakhstan and Kiribati have produced working papers and held consultations with states, international organizations, and civil society, with the goal of generating recommendations to advance the Treaty’s implementation that would be included in the Meeting's outcome documents.
| TPNW Article 1(1) prohibitions: Compliance in 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|
| (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 | |
|---|---|
| 2021 UNGA resolution on TPNW | |
| 2020 UNGA resolution on TPNW | |
| 2019 UNGA resolution on TPNW | Voted yes |
| 2018 UNGA resolution on TPNW | Voted yes |
| Participated in TPNW negotiations | Yes |
| Share of women in TPNW negotiations | No data available |
| Vote on adoption of treaty text | Voted yes |
| Adoption of TPNW (7 July 2017) | Voted yes |
| IAEA safeguards and fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Safeguards Agreement | Yes |
| TPNW Art 3(2) deadline | N/A |
| Small Quantities Protocol | Yes (Original) |
| Additional Protocol | No (Signed 2004) |
| Fissile material production facilities | No |
| Highly enriched uranium stocks | No |
| Plutonium stocks (mil/civ) | No/No |
| Related treaties and regimes | |
|---|---|
| Party to the BWC | No |
| Party to the CWC | Yes |
| Party to the PTBT | No |
| Ratified the CTBT | Yes |
| Party to the NPT | Yes |
| Party to a NWFZ | Yes (Rarotonga) |
| Member of the CD | No |
Latest developments
In a statement to the 2021 UN General Assembly's High-Level Plenary Meeting to Commemorate and Promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, the President of Kiribati, Taneti Maamau, encouraged states parties to the TPNW to adopt 'a robust action plan that enumerates practical steps for victim assistance, environmental remediation, and international cooperation and assistance' at the First Meeting of States Parties in 2022. He added that his government is prepared 'to host a regional centre of learning for the TPNW'.1
In the First Committee of the 2021 UN General Assembly, Kiribati said: 'Kiribati is proud to have signed and ratified the TPNW, as we believe that the TPNW not only brings comfort to the victims of past nuclear weapon tests, but it also re-ignites a glimpse of hope for a more peaceful, loving, caring and trustful world in the future. We [...] call upon all states to sign and ratify the TPNW.'2
Kiribati was also one of the co-sponsors of the 2021 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 and participated in a virtual Pacific Roundtable hosted by New Zealand on 7 December 2021 to prepare for the First Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW.4
Recommendations
- Kiribati should continue to encourage other states to adhere to the TPNW.
- Kiribati should ensure that all the TPNW obligations are implemented domestically, through legal, administrative, and other necessary measures.
- Kiribati should bring into force its Additional Protocol with the IAEA, and upgrade to a Modifed Small Quantities Protocol. Kiribati should also adhere to the BWC.