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Mozambique
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has signed the TPNW
Has not yet ratified the TPNW
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SIGNED
18 August 2020 |
RATIFIED
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IN FORCE
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Status
Mozambique has signed but not yet ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
Signature
Antonio Gumende, the permanent representative of Mozambique to the United Nations, signed the TPNW in New York on 18 August 2020.
In September 2023, the council of ministers of Mozambique approved a proposal to submit the TPNW to the national assembly for ratification.
This is “the last stage of the internal procedures” for ratification, and the government is committed to becoming a state party soon.
Universalisation
Mozambique 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”.
Mozambican parliamentarians and other stakeholders participate in a workshop about the TPNW in Maputo in 2020. Photo: COREM
The government of Mozambique and the International Committee of the Red Cross hold a workshop in 2021 to discuss ratification of the TPNW. Photo: ICRC
Meetings of states parties
Mozambique attended as an observer the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW, held in Vienna in June 2022. It announced that “currently internal procedures are under way” in Mozambique to ratify the treaty “as quickly as possible”.
TPNW negotiations
Mozambique 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, Mozambique 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. Mozambique supported calls in the UN General Assembly fill this “legal gap”.
Further information
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has signed the TPNW
Has not yet ratified the TPNW
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SIGNED
18 August 2020 |
RATIFIED
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IN FORCE
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Status
Mozambique has signed but not yet ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
Signature
Antonio Gumende, the permanent representative of Mozambique to the United Nations, signed the TPNW in New York on 18 August 2020.
In September 2023, the council of ministers of Mozambique approved a proposal to submit the TPNW to the national assembly for ratification.
This is “the last stage of the internal procedures” for ratification, and the government is committed to becoming a state party soon.
Universalisation
Mozambique 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”.
Mozambican parliamentarians and other stakeholders participate in a workshop about the TPNW in Maputo in 2020. Photo: COREM
The government of Mozambique and the International Committee of the Red Cross hold a workshop in 2021 to discuss ratification of the TPNW. Photo: ICRC
Meetings of states parties
Mozambique attended as an observer the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW, held in Vienna in June 2022. It announced that “currently internal procedures are under way” in Mozambique to ratify the treaty “as quickly as possible”.
TPNW negotiations
Mozambique 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, Mozambique 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. Mozambique supported calls in the UN General Assembly fill this “legal gap”.
Further information
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