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Ethiopia
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
Status
Ethiopia has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Ethiopia 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 2020, Ethiopia said that it has “fully supported the [TPNW] and we look forward to ratifying it”. In 2019, it hailed the TPNW’s adoption as “an important milestone towards achieving the goal of a world without nuclear weapons”.
Ethiopian campaigners and government officials meet in Addis Ababa in 2022 to celebrate the first anniversary of the TPNW’s entry into force. Photo: SRaRO
TPNW negotiations
Ethiopia 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 its opening statement to the negotiating conference, Ethiopia said that “concrete actions to attain and maintain a world without nuclear weapons” are “critically urgent” and expressed dismay “that these deadly and destructive weapons are being further modernised and upgraded”.
In 2016, Ethiopia 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
Ethiopia was among 127 states that endorsed a “humanitarian pledge” in 2015–16 to cooperate “in efforts to stigmatise, prohibit, and eliminate nuclear weapons”. The pledge was instrumental in building momentum and support for convening the TPNW negotiations.
In 2012, an African regional roundtable meeting was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to share perspectives on the need for a global ban on nuclear weapons.
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Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
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Status
Ethiopia has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Ethiopia 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 2020, Ethiopia said that it has “fully supported the [TPNW] and we look forward to ratifying it”. In 2019, it hailed the TPNW’s adoption as “an important milestone towards achieving the goal of a world without nuclear weapons”.
Ethiopian campaigners and government officials meet in Addis Ababa in 2022 to celebrate the first anniversary of the TPNW’s entry into force. Photo: SRaRO
TPNW negotiations
Ethiopia 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 its opening statement to the negotiating conference, Ethiopia said that “concrete actions to attain and maintain a world without nuclear weapons” are “critically urgent” and expressed dismay “that these deadly and destructive weapons are being further modernised and upgraded”.
In 2016, Ethiopia 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
Ethiopia was among 127 states that endorsed a “humanitarian pledge” in 2015–16 to cooperate “in efforts to stigmatise, prohibit, and eliminate nuclear weapons”. The pledge was instrumental in building momentum and support for convening the TPNW negotiations.
In 2012, an African regional roundtable meeting was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to share perspectives on the need for a global ban on nuclear weapons.
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