Haiti

Nuclear-weapon-free state

Has signed the TPNW

Has not yet ratified the TPNW

SIGNED

RATIFIED

IN FORCE

SIGNED

22 September 2022

RATIFIED

IN FORCE

Status

Haiti has signed but not yet ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

Signature

Jean Victor Geneus, the then-minister of foreign affairs and worship of Haiti, signed the TPNW at a high-level ceremony in New York on 22 September 2022.

Prior to signing, Haiti said that its government had “committed to complete its membership of the TPNW” promptly.

Jean Victor Geneus, the then-minister of foreign affairs of Haiti, signs the TPNW in 2022. Photo: Darren Ornitz

National position

In 2024, Haiti reaffirmed its support for the TPNW, describing it as complementary to the Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968.

In 2023, it congratulated those states that had recently joined it. “Their actions aim to contribute to strengthening the disarmament regime, prevent nuclear proliferation, and promote international peace and security,” it said.

Haiti welcomed the TPNW’s entry in force in 2021.

Universalisation

Haiti has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by co-sponsoring and consistently voting in favour of an annual UN General Assembly resolution since 2021 that calls upon all states to sign, ratify, or accede to the treaty “at the earliest possible date”.

Meetings of states parties

Haiti observed the second meeting of states parties to the TPNW in 2023, describing it as an “opportunity to institutionalise and strengthen the TPNW”.

“This treaty is considered an important step towards the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons and a strong demonstration of support for multilateral approaches to disarmament,” it said.

TPNW negotiations

Haiti participated in the negotiation of the TPNW at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and was among 122 states that voted in favour of its adoption.

Haiti later recalled that the states of Latin America and the Caribbean, motivated by humanitarian concerns, had negotiated the treaty “in a constructive and responsible spirit, with a view to filling a legal void in the field of disarmament”.

In 2016, Haiti was absent for the vote on the UN General Assembly resolution that established the formal mandate for states to commence negotiations on “a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination”.

Before the negotiations

Haiti was among 127 states that endorsed a “humanitarian pledge” in 2015–16 to cooperate “in efforts to stigmatise, prohibit, and eliminate nuclear weapons”. The pledge was instrumental in building momentum and support for convening the TPNW negotiations.

Further information

Nuclear Weapons Ban Monitor

Haiti

Nuclear-weapon-free state

Has signed the TPNW

Has not yet ratified the TPNW

Status

Signature

National position

Universalisation

Meetings of states parties

TPNW negotiations

Before the negotiations

Further information

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