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Country Profile: Cuba

BASIC FACTS

Cuba is a Member Country of the NAM Movement since 1961 

Officially the Republic of Cuba, Cuba is an island statesituated in the Caribbean, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean.

Capital: Havana

Cuba does not currently operate any nuclear power plants, as a result of international provisions that placed embargoes on the country’s acquisition efforts. In 1983, Cuba began constructing a nuclear power plant in Jurangua, following an agreement with the former USSR to build two pressurized water reactors to supply the country’s energy needs. In 1992, the reactors’ construction was suspended after the USSR dissolution and termination of Soviet-originated aid. Talks between the Cuban and then Russian administrations regarding revising the reactors’ construction occurred throughout the 2000s, but Cuba ultimately abandoned its nuclear energy intents.  

Cuba has signed, ratified, and enforced the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in September of 2017, January of 2018, and January of 2021, respectively.

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

  • IAEA Membership (1957) 
  • Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco) (1969) 
  • Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) (2002)
  • Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) (2021)


AGREEMENTS (In Force):

    • Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the IAEA (1982) 
    • Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (1977)
    • Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (1997) 
    • Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (2016) 
    • Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident (1991) 
    • Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency (1991) 
    • Convention on Nuclear Safety (2017) 
    • Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management (2017)
    • Revised Supplementary Agreements Concerning the Provision of Technical Assistance by the IAEA (RSA) (1993) 
    • Agreement to further extend the Co-operation Agreement for the Promotion of Nuclear Science and Technology in Latin America and the Caribbean (ARCAL) (2021) 
    • Application of Safeguards in connection with the Supply of a Nuclear Power Plant from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1980) 
    • Application of Safeguards in connection with the Supply of a Zero-Power Nuclear Reactor from the Hungarian People's Republic (1983) 
    • Agreement between the Republic of Cuba and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in connection with the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean and the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (2004) 
    • Protocol Additional to the Agreement between the Republic of Cuba and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in connection with the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (2004) 

 

REGIONAL GROUPS

    • Member of the Latin America Group
    • Member of the G-77
    • Member of the G-21
    • Member of the Organization of American States (OAS)


RECENT REPRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

    • Hosted CELAC Summit II in 2014


LINKS

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament

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