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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was one of the co-sponsors for the 2024 UN General Assembly resolution on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which welcomed the Treaty’s entry into force and 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
8 Dec 2017
DEPOSIT WITH UNSG
31 Jul 2019 (Ratification)
ENTRY INTO FORCE
22 Jan 2021
DECLARATION
Received 1 Feb 2021
Key weapons of mass destruction treaties
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Party to the TPNW Yes (Ratified 2019)
Party to the NPT Yes (Acceded 1984)
Ratified the CTBT Yes (Ratified 2009)
Party to an NWFZ Yes (Ratified 1992, Tlatelolco)
CSA with the IAEA Yes (In force 1992)
AP with the IAEA No
BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Party to the BWC Yes (Acceded 1999)
Party to the CWC Yes (Ratified 2002)
TPNW Art. 1(1) prohibitions: Compliance in 2024
(a) Develop, produce, manufacture, acquire Compliant
Possess or stockpile Compliant
Test 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 (2024)
Participated in 2MSP (2023) Yes
Participated in 1MSP (2022) No
Average MSP 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
Fissile material
Nuclear facilities No
Fissile material production No
HEU stocks No
Plutonium stocks No
SQP with the IAEA Yes (Original)

Latest developments

In the First Committee of the UN General Assembly in October 2024, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), of which Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a member, reiterated its support for the TPNW and urged ‘all States to engage constructively with this vital legal instrument’.2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines participated in the Second Meeting of States Parties (2MSP) to the TPNW in November-December 2023 but did not make a statement.

Recommendations

  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines should continue to encourage other states to adhere to the TPNW.

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

  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines should conclude and bring into force an Additional Protocol (AP) with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and upgrade to a modified Small Quantities Protocol (SQP).

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