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Bhutan
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
Status
Bhutan has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Bhutan has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by consistently voting in favour of an annual UN General Assembly resolution since 2018 that calls upon all states to sign, ratify, or accede to the treaty “at the earliest possible date”.
In 2022, the government of Bhutan advised that it was “in the process of reviewing and studying all international treaties and conventions that Bhutan has not been able to ratify”, including the TPNW.
TPNW negotiations
Bhutan participated in the negotiation of the TPNW at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and was among 122 states that voted in favour of its adoption.
In 2016, Bhutan voted in favour of the UN General Assembly resolution that established the formal mandate for states to commence negotiations on “a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination”.
Before the negotiations
Prior to the adoption of the TPNW in 2017, nuclear weapons were the only weapons of mass destruction not subject to a comprehensive, globally applicable treaty prohibition. Bhutan supported calls in the UN General Assembly fill this “legal gap”.
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Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
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Status
Bhutan has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Bhutan has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by consistently voting in favour of an annual UN General Assembly resolution since 2018 that calls upon all states to sign, ratify, or accede to the treaty “at the earliest possible date”.
In 2022, the government of Bhutan advised that it was “in the process of reviewing and studying all international treaties and conventions that Bhutan has not been able to ratify”, including the TPNW.
TPNW negotiations
Bhutan participated in the negotiation of the TPNW at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and was among 122 states that voted in favour of its adoption.
In 2016, Bhutan voted in favour of the UN General Assembly resolution that established the formal mandate for states to commence negotiations on “a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination”.
Before the negotiations
Prior to the adoption of the TPNW in 2017, nuclear weapons were the only weapons of mass destruction not subject to a comprehensive, globally applicable treaty prohibition. Bhutan supported calls in the UN General Assembly fill this “legal gap”.
Further information
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