Madagascar

Nuclear-weapon-free state

Has signed the TPNW

Has not yet ratified the TPNW

SIGNED

20 September 2017

RATIFIED

 

IN FORCE

 

 

Status

Madagascar has signed but not yet ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

 

Signature

Hery Rajaonarimampianina, the then-president of Madagascar, signed the TPNW in New York when it opened for signature on 20 September 2017.

Hery Rajaonarimampianina, the then-president of Madagascar, signs the TPNW in 2017. Photo: UNOLA

 

National position

Madagascar 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”.

Madagascar attends a regional seminar on the universalisation of the TPNW in South Africa in 2023. Photo: ICAN

 

TPNW negotiations

Madagascar 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.

 

Before the negotiations

In 2016, Madagascar 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”.

Madagascar 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 Weapons Ban Monitor

Nuclear-weapon-free state

Has signed the TPNW

Has not yet ratified the TPNW

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SIGNED

20 September 2017

RATIFIED

 

IN FORCE

 

 

Status

Madagascar has signed but not yet ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

 

Signature

Hery Rajaonarimampianina, the then-president of Madagascar, signed the TPNW in New York when it opened for signature on 20 September 2017.

Hery Rajaonarimampianina, the then-president of Madagascar, signs the TPNW in 2017. Photo: UNOLA

 

National position

Madagascar 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”.

Madagascar attends a regional seminar on the universalisation of the TPNW in South Africa in 2023. Photo: ICAN

 

TPNW negotiations

Madagascar 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.

 

Before the negotiations

In 2016, Madagascar 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”.

Madagascar 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 Weapons Ban Monitor

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