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Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis participated in the First Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW (1MSP) in Vienna in June 2022. It was also one of the co-sponsors for the 2022 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.'[1]

TPNW Status

SIGNATURE
26 Sep 2019
DEPOSIT WITH UNSG
9 Aug 2020 (Ratification)
ENTRY INTO FORCE
22 Jan 2021
DECLARATION
Received 18 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) No
2MSP delegation size (% women) N/A
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 1995, Tlatelolco)
Party to the NPT Yes (Acceded 1993)
Ratified the CTBT Yes (Ratified 2005)
Party to the BWC Yes (Acceded 1991)
Party to the CWC Yes (Ratified 2004)
IAEA safeguards and fissile material
Safeguards agreement Yes (7 May 1996)
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

In the First Committee of the UN General Assembly in October 2023, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), of which Saint Kitts and Nevis is a member State, said that ‘the very existence of nuclear weapons presents an unacceptable risk to both people and planet’ and CARICOM member States, therefore, support the implementation of the TPNW. Moreover, all CARICOM member States ‘are either parties, signatories or in process of acceding to the TPNW’.1

Recommendations

  • Saint Kitts and Nevis should continue to encourage other states to adhere to the TPNW.

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

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