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Iraq
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
Status
Iraq has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Iraq 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, Iraq said that “strengthening the universality of international agreements and instruments on disarmament, especially those on comprehensive nuclear disarmament, is the only guarantee against the use or threat of use of these weapons”.
Meetings of states parties
Iraq attended as an observer the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW, held in Vienna in June 2022.
TPNW negotiations
Iraq 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, Iraq 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
Iraq 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.
Further information
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
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Status
Iraq has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Iraq 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, Iraq said that “strengthening the universality of international agreements and instruments on disarmament, especially those on comprehensive nuclear disarmament, is the only guarantee against the use or threat of use of these weapons”.
Meetings of states parties
Iraq attended as an observer the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW, held in Vienna in June 2022.
TPNW negotiations
Iraq 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, Iraq 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
Iraq 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.
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