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Suriname
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
Status
Suriname has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). It is the only non-signatory state in the Caribbean region.
National position
Suriname has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by consistently voting in favour of an annual UN General Assembly resolution since 2018 that calls upon all states to sign, ratify, or accede to the treaty “at the earliest possible date”.
In a letter to ICAN in 2021, the minister of foreign affairs of Suriname, Albert Ramdin, said that “[t]he TPNW is currently under consideration”.
TPNW negotiations
Suriname 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.
In 2016, Suriname voted in favour of 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
Suriname 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.
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
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Status
Suriname has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). It is the only non-signatory state in the Caribbean region.
National position
Suriname has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by consistently voting in favour of an annual UN General Assembly resolution since 2018 that calls upon all states to sign, ratify, or accede to the treaty “at the earliest possible date”.
In a letter to ICAN in 2021, the minister of foreign affairs of Suriname, Albert Ramdin, said that “[t]he TPNW is currently under consideration”.
TPNW negotiations
Suriname 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.
In 2016, Suriname voted in favour of 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
Suriname 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.
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