
Humanitarian Pledge
Stigmatize, prohibit and eliminate nuclear weapons
Nuclear weapons are the only weapons of mass destruction not yet explicitly prohibited under international law. The Humanitarian Pledge is a commitment by nations to fill this unacceptable “legal gap”. It offers a platform from which they can – and must – launch negotiations on a treaty banning nuclear weapons.
The Pledge was issued on 9 December 2014 at the conclusion of the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, attended by 158 nations. This important document provides governments with the opportunity to move beyond fact-based discussions on the effects of nuclear weapons to the start of treaty negotiations.
Outlawing nuclear weapons is not a radical proposition: it enjoys widespread support among nations, and is the logical and necessary course of action in light of the indiscriminate and catastrophic effects of any use of these weapons. ICAN is calling on all nations to endorse the Pledge and join negotiations for a ban.
The United Nations General Assembly has adopted the Pledge in the form of a resolution.
The following 127 nations have formally endorsed the Pledge:
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Austria
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Barbados
- Belize
- Benin
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo, Democratic Republic of
- Congo, Republic of
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Macedonia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Mongolia
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Niue
- Oman
- Palau
- Palestine
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Qatar
- St Kitts and Nevis
- St Lucia
- St Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Swaziland
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- Uruguay
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Viet Nam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
In addition, the following 23 nations have voted in favour of the Pledge resolution:
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Bhutan
- Cameroon
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Laos
- Maldives
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- New Zealand
- Rwanda
- Solomon Islands
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Tonga
- Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan
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