List_of_parties_to_the_Treaty_on_the_Prohibition_of_Nuclear_Weapons

List of parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

List of parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Add article description

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.

Participation in the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons[1]
  Parties
  Signatories

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] States have the option of acceding to the treaty without signing.

A total of 197 states may become parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, including all 193 member states of the United Nations, the Holy See, the State of Palestine, the Cook Islands, and Niue. As of January 2024, 70 states have ratified or acceded to the treaty, most recently São Tomé and Príncipe.[1]

States Parties

According to the treaties database maintained by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, as of January 2024, the TPNW has 70 parties: 66 states have ratified it, and another 4 have acceded to it.[1]

More information State, Signed ...

Signatory states

As of January 2024, the following 27 states have signed but not ratified the TPNW.[1]

More information State, Signed ...

See also

Notes

  1. United Nations non-member observer state[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Disarmament Treaties Database: Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons". United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  2. [2]
    Article 15, Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Wikisource.
  3. [3]
    "Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons". United Nations. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Non-Member-States". United Nations. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article List_of_parties_to_the_Treaty_on_the_Prohibition_of_Nuclear_Weapons, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.