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Country Profile: Haiti

BASIC FACTS

Haiti is a Member Country of the NAM Movement since 2006 

Officially the Republic of Haiti, Haitiis a semi-presidential republicsituated in the Caribbean, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. 

Capital: Port-au-Prince

Haitidoes not operate any nuclear power plantsbut has benefited from technical cooperation support from the IAEA surrounding the implementation of the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology, particularly to advance nutrition and health for Haiti’s population. Under this technical support, Haiti has leveraged nuclear power to improve crop productivity, offer radiotherapy service for patients, and evaluate many environmental conditions in support of the country’s nutrition goals.  

Most recently, in 2020, the IAEA has reinforced its safeguard work in Haiti by exchanging, with Haitian government authorities, official letters of commitmentto slightly amend the IAEA’s Small Quantities Protocol in the country, thereby strengtheningIAEA safeguards provisions across all of Haiti’s management of small-quantities nuclear and radiological materials. 

Haiti has signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in September of 2022, but has not yet ratified it

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) (1970)

  • Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) (2005) 


AGREEMENTS (In Force)

  • Revised Supplementary Agreements Concerning the Provision of Technical Assistance by the IAEA (RSA) (1989) 
  • Agreement between the Republic of Haiti 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 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (2006) 
  • Protocol Additional to the Agreement between the Republic of Haiti 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 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (2006) 


REGIONAL GROUPS

  • Member of the Organization of American States (OAS) since 1948
  • Member of the G-77
  • Member of the Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)


LINKS

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament

Country List : Office of Legal Affairs : IAEA

Treaty of Tlatelolco | United Nations Platform for Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones

Haiti Moving to Revitalize Nuclear Technical Cooperation | IAEA