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Paraguay

Paraguay participated in the Second Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW (2MSP) in November and December 2023. The TPNW’s ‘importance and seriousness’ – as the first internationally binding Treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons completely – underline ‘the immeasurable commitment and responsibility assumed by the signatory and ratifying States,’ it said.

TPNW Status

SIGNATURE
20 Sep 2017
DEPOSIT WITH UNSG
23 Jan 2020 (Ratification)
ENTRY INTO FORCE
22 Jan 2021
DECLARATION
Received 19 Feb 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) 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 1969, Tlatelolco)
Party to the NPT Yes (Ratified 1970)
Ratified the CTBT Yes (Ratified 2001)
Party to the BWC Yes (Acceded 1976)
Party to the CWC Yes (Ratified 1994)
IAEA safeguards and fissile material
Safeguards agreement Yes (20 Mar 1979)
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

At 2MSP, Paraguay also said that Given increasing nuclear threats, it is essential for TPNW States parties ‘to remain united and jointly call on other countries to join this Treaty’. In particular, it appealed ‘to all States committed to nuclear-weapon-free zones to actively join together to continue negotiations aimed at achieving the complete prohibition of all activities related to nuclear weapons’.1

Paraguay 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

Recommendations

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

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

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