The list of parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons encompasses the states which have signed and ratified or acceded to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, a multilateral treaty outlawing nuclear weapons.
On 20 September 2017, the treaty was opened for signature.[1] Following Article 15 of the treaty, it entered into force on 22 January 2021 after it had been ratified by 50 states.[1][2] Since then, states that did not sign the treaty may only accede to it.
A total of 197 states may become parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, including all 193 United Nations member states, the Cook Islands, the Holy See, the State of Palestine and Niue. As of September 2021, 56 states have ratified or acceded to the treaty, most recently Chile in September 2021.[1]
States Parties
According to the treaties database maintained by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, as of September 2021, the TPNW has 56 parties: 54 states have ratified it, and another 2 have acceded to it.[1]
State[1] | Signed | Deposited | Method |
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Antigua and Barbuda | 26 September 2018 | 25 November 2019 | Ratification |
Austria | 20 September 2017 | 8 May 2018 | Ratification |
Bangladesh | 20 September 2017 | 26 September 2019 | Ratification |
Belize | 6 February 2020 | 19 May 2020 | Ratification |
Benin | 26 September 2018 | 11 December 2020 | Ratification |
Bolivia | 16 April 2018 | 6 August 2019 | Ratification |
Botswana | 26 September 2019 | 15 July 2020 | Ratification |
Cambodia | 9 January 2019 | 22 January 2021 | Ratification |
Chile | 20 September 2017 | 23 September 2021 | Ratification |
Cook Islands | 4 September 2018 | Accession | |
Comoros | 20 September 2017 | 19 February 2021 | Ratification |
Costa Rica | 20 September 2017 | 5 July 2018 | Ratification |
Cuba | 20 September 2017 | 30 January 2018 | Ratification |
Dominica | 26 September 2019 | 18 October 2019 | Ratification |
Ecuador | 20 September 2017 | 25 September 2019 | Ratification |
El Salvador | 20 September 2017 | 30 January 2019 | Ratification |
Fiji | 20 September 2017 | 7 July 2020 | Ratification |
Gambia, The | 20 September 2017 | 26 September 2018 | Ratification |
Guyana | 20 September 2017 | 20 September 2017 | Ratification |
Holy See* | 20 September 2017 | 20 September 2017 | Ratification |
Honduras | 20 September 2017 | 24 October 2020 | Ratification |
Ireland | 20 September 2017 | 6 August 2020 | Ratification |
Jamaica | 8 December 2017 | 23 October 2020 | Ratification |
Kazakhstan | 2 March 2018 | 29 August 2019 | Ratification |
Kiribati | 20 September 2017 | 26 September 2019 | Ratification |
Laos | 21 September 2017 | 26 September 2019 | Ratification |
Lesotho | 26 September 2019 | 6 June 2020 | Ratification |
Malaysia | 20 September 2017 | 30 September 2020 | Ratification |
Maldives | 26 September 2019 | 26 September 2019 | Ratification |
Malta | 25 August 2020 | 21 September 2020 | Ratification |
Mexico | 20 September 2017 | 16 January 2018 | Ratification |
Namibia | 8 December 2017 | 20 March 2020 | Ratification |
Nauru | 22 November 2019 | 23 October 2020 | Ratification |
New Zealand | 20 September 2017 | 31 July 2018 | Ratification |
Nicaragua | 22 September 2017 | 19 July 2018 | Ratification |
Nigeria | 20 September 2017 | 6 August 2020 | Ratification |
Niue | 6 August 2020 | Accession | |
Palau | 20 September 2017 | 3 May 2018 | Ratification |
Palestine* | 20 September 2017 | 22 March 2018 | Ratification |
Panama | 20 September 2017 | 11 April 2019 | Ratification |
Paraguay | 20 September 2017 | 23 January 2020 | Ratification |
Philippines | 20 September 2017 | 18 February 2021 | Ratification |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 26 September 2019 | 9 August 2020 | Ratification |
Samoa | 20 September 2017 | 26 September 2018 | Ratification |
San Marino | 20 September 2017 | 26 September 2018 | Ratification |
Seychelles | 26 September 2018 | 9 July 2021 | Ratification |
South Africa | 20 September 2017 | 25 February 2019 | Ratification |
St. Lucia | 27 September 2018 | 23 January 2019 | Ratification |
St. Vincent & Grenadines | 8 December 2017 | 31 July 2019 | Ratification |
Thailand | 20 September 2017 | 20 September 2017 | Ratification |
Trinidad and Tobago | 26 September 2019 | 26 September 2019 | Ratification |
Tuvalu | 20 September 2017 | 12 October 2020 | Ratification |
Uruguay | 20 September 2017 | 25 July 2018 | Ratification |
Vanuatu | 20 September 2017 | 26 September 2018 | Ratification |
Venezuela | 20 September 2017 | 27 March 2018 | Ratification |
Vietnam | 22 September 2017 | 17 May 2018 | Ratification |
* United Nations non-member observer states[3]
Signatory states
As of September 2021, the following 32 states have signed but not ratified the TPNW.[1]
State[1] | Signed |
---|---|
Algeria | 20 September 2017 |
Angola | 27 September 2018 |
Brazil | 20 September 2017 |
Brunei Darussalam | 26 September 2018 |
Cabo Verde | 20 September 2017 |
Central African Republic | 20 September 2017 |
Colombia | 3 August 2018 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 20 September 2017 |
Congo, Republic of the | 20 September 2017 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 20 September 2017 |
Dominican Republic | 7 June 2018 |
Ghana | 20 September 2017 |
Grenada | 26 September 2019 |
Guatemala | 20 September 2017 |
Guinea-Bissau | 26 September 2018 |
Indonesia | 20 September 2017 |
Libya | 20 September 2017 |
Liechtenstein | 20 September 2017 |
Madagascar | 20 September 2017 |
Malawi | 20 September 2017 |
Mozambique | 18 August 2020 |
Myanmar | 26 September 2018 |
Nepal | 20 September 2017 |
Niger | 9 December 2020 |
Peru | 20 September 2017 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 20 September 2017 |
Sudan | 22 July 2020 |
Tanzania | 26 September 2019 |
Timor-Leste | 26 September 2018 |
Togo | 20 September 2017 |
Zambia | 26 September 2019 |
Zimbabwe | 4 December 2020 |
See also
- List of parties to the Biological Weapons Convention
- List of parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention
- List of parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
- List of parties to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
- List of parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
- List of parties to the Ottawa Treaty
- List of parties to the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
- List of parties to weapons of mass destruction treaties
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Disarmament Treaties Database: Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons". United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ Article 15, Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Wikisource.
- ^ "Non-member States". United Nations. Retrieved 2020-10-25.