Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines participated in the Second Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW (2MSP) in November and December 2023 but did not make a statement.
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) | 5 (100%) |
| 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 1992, Tlatelolco) |
| Party to the NPT | Yes (Acceded 1984) |
| Ratified the CTBT | Yes (Ratified 2009) |
| Party to the BWC | Yes (Acceded 1999) |
| Party to the CWC | Yes (Ratified 2002) |
| IAEA safeguards and fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Safeguards agreement | Yes (8 Jan 1992) |
| TPNW Art 3(2) deadline | N/A |
| Small Quantities Protocol | Yes (Original) |
| Additional Protocol | No |
| Enrichment facilities/reprocessing plants | No |
| HEU stocks | No |
| Plutonium stocks | No |
Latest developments
During the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly in September 2023, the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, remarked that ‘war and conflict rage senselessly across the globe’ and ‘in at least one case, Ukraine, the principal adversaries – the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and Russia – may unwittingly open the gates to a nuclear Armageddon’.1
In the First Committee of the UN General Assembly in October 2023, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines delivered a statement on behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), in which the group reiterated its ‘support for all measures that promote the complete elimination of nuclear weapons’.2
Recommendations
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines should continue to encourage other states to adhere to the TPNW.
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines should ensure that all the TPNW obligations are implemented domestically, through legal, administrative, and other necessary measures.
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines should conclude and bring into force an Additional Protocol with the IAEA, and upgrade to a Modified Small Quantities Protocol.