Barbados
Signed: 22 September 2022
Jerome Xavier Walcott, the minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade of Barbados, signed the TPNW at a high-level ceremony during leaders’ week at the United Nations.
Burkina Faso
Signed: 22 September 2022
After signing the TPNW, Burkina Faso’s minister of foreign affairs and regional cooperation, Olivia Ragnaghnewendé Rouamba, remarked that nuclear weapons “constitute a threat to the survival of all humanity because of their humanitarian consequences”.
Cabo Verde
Ratified: 20 June 2022
Cabo Verde deposited its instrument of ratification for the TPNW on the eve of the first meeting of states parties, held in Vienna. Its national assembly unanimously approved the ratification on 25 March 2022.
Congo
Ratified: 17 May 2022
Following approval of the TPNW ratification by the Congolese national assembly in December 2021, the president of the assembly, Isidore Mvouba, remarked that the TPNW “is worth its weight in gold” and a valuable contribution to international peace and security.
Côte d’Ivoire
Ratified: 23 March 2022
Côte d’Ivoire’s national assembly approved ratification of the TPNW in September 2021 and the senate approved it in December 2021. At the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW, Côte d’Ivoire described the treaty’s entry into force as a “source of hope for our populations and states that aspire to a world without nuclear weapons”.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ratified: 22 September 2022
The minister of human rights of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Albert-Fabrice Puela, deposited the country’s instrument of ratification during leaders’ week. The council of ministers approved the ratification in May 2022 and the president, Felix Tshisekedi, signed an ordinance in August 2022 authorising the same.
At the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW, the DRC said: “Deterrence is a false guarantee of security that keeps the world in the balance of terror … Nuclear disarmament is an emergency and is becoming a necessity for our security.”
Dominican Republic
Ratified: 22 September 2022
The vice-minister of multilateral foreign policy of the Dominican Republic, Rubén Arturo Silié Valdez, deposited the country’s instrument of ratification during leaders’ week. The senate approved the ratification in April 2022 and the chamber of deputies in July 2022.
Equatorial Guinea
Signed: 22 September 2022
Simeón Oyono Esono Angue, the minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation of Equatorial Guinea, signed the TPNW during leaders’ week. “Today the world needs the promise of a future without the fear of annihilation that nuclear weapons can cause,” he said. “For Equatorial Guinea, the TPNW formalises … our firm international conviction that any use of nuclear weapons is unacceptable, regardless of its justification.”
Haiti
Signed: 22 September 2022
Jean Victor Geneus, the minister for foreign affairs and worship of Haiti, signed the TPNW during leaders’ week. Haiti has said that it is committed to completing its membership of the TPNW promptly.
Grenada
Ratified: 20 June 2022
Grenada deposited its instrument of ratification for the TPNW on the eve of the first meeting of states parties to the treaty, held in Vienna.
Guatemala
Ratified: 13 June 2022
The minister of foreign affairs of Guatemala, Mario Búcaro, deposited his country’s instrument of ratification at a ceremony in New York, accompanied by representatives of other Central American states. With Guatemala’s ratification, Central America became the first entire region to join the treaty. The congress of Guatemala approved the ratification in March 2022.
Malawi
Ratified: 29 June 2022
Malawi was the first country to deposit its instrument of ratification for the TPNW following the convening of the first meeting of states parties, which set universalisation of the treaty as a priority.
Sierra Leone
Signed: 22 September 2022
David J. Francis, the minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation of Sierra Leone, signed the TPNW during leaders’ week. Sierra Leone called on all UN member states that have not done so to sign and ratify the TPNW, stressing the “urgent need to make concrete and systematic progress towards this end”.
Timor-Leste
Ratified: 20 June 2022
Timor-Leste deposited its instrument of ratification for the TPNW on the eve of the first meeting of states parties in Vienna. The national parliament approved the ratification with unanimous support in April 2022. Speaking in support of the ratification, Adaljíza Magno, the minister of foreign affairs, said: “We know the consequence of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and we don’t want the world to experience the same thing.”
