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Nicaragua

Nicaragua participated in the Second Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW (2MSP) in November and December 2023, where it called for money currently spent on the development and modernisation of nuclear arsenals and the expansion of military alliances to be redirected towards achieving of the Sustainable Developments Goals.[1]

TPNW Status

SIGNATURE
22 Sep 2017
DEPOSIT WITH UNSG
19 Jul 2018 (Ratification)
ENTRY INTO FORCE
22 Jan 2021
DECLARATION
Received 13 Jan 2021
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) 1 (0%)
Adoption of TPNW (7 July 2017) Did not vote
Participated in TPNW negotiations (2017) Yes
Negotiation mandate (A/RES/71/258) Abstained
Other weapons of mass destruction (WMD) treaties
Party to an NWFZ Yes (Ratified 1967, Tlatelolco)
Party to the NPT Yes (Ratified 1973)
Ratified the CTBT Yes (Ratified 2000)
Party to the BWC Yes (Ratified 1975)
Party to the CWC Yes (Ratified 1999)
IAEA safeguards and fissile material
Safeguards agreement Yes (29 Dec 1976)
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

Nicaragua 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’.2

In the First Committee of the UN General Assembly in October 2023, Nicaragua said that, ‘in a world where numerous interrelated crises are deepening and worsening’, it is unacceptable for a number of States to continue modernising and expanding their nuclear arsenals, ‘putting the human species and all living beings in serious danger’. It reiterated its support for the TPNW, which complements the NPT and ‘contributes to the strengthening of the disarmament and non-proliferation regime’.3

Recommendations

  • Nicaragua should continue to encourage other states to adhere to the TPNW.

  • Nicaragua should ensure that all the TPNW obligations are implemented domestically, through legal, administrative, and other necessary measures.

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