San Marino
During the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly in September 2023, San Marino reaffirmed ‘its commitment for a world free of nuclear weapons’ and said that it attached ‘great importance to the milestone Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons’.[1]
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 |
| 2MSP 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 | No |
| Party to the NPT | Yes (Ratified 1970) |
| Ratified the CTBT | Yes (Ratified 2002) |
| Party to the BWC | Yes (Ratified 1975) |
| Party to the CWC | Yes (Ratified 1999) |
| IAEA safeguards and fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Safeguards agreement | Yes (21 Sep 1998) |
| TPNW Art 3(2) deadline | N/A |
| Small Quantities Protocol | Yes (Modified) |
| Additional Protocol | No |
| 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, San Marino called on all States to sign and ratify the TPNW. ‘This Treaty constitutes an effective measure for nuclear disarmament and complements the [NPT],’ it said. ‘We welcome the steps undertaken by TPNW States parties to implement the Vienna Action Plan adopted last June.’2
San Marino participated in the Second Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW (2MSP) in November and December 2023, where it described the Treaty’s universalisation as ‘extremely important’ and declared its ‘full commitment’ to its effective implementation. ‘The existence of nuclear weapons, the most destructive of all weapons of mass destruction, diminishes our collective security,’ it said. ‘The nuclear deterrence theory, based on latent nuclear threats, only serves as justification of qualitative and quantitative expansion of nuclear arsenals.’3
San Marino 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’.4
Recommendations
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San Marino should continue to encourage other states to adhere to the TPNW.
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San Marino should ensure that all the TPNW obligations are implemented domestically, through legal, administrative, and other necessary measures.
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San Marino should conclude and bring into force an Additional Protocol with the IAEA.