Togo

Nuclear-weapon-free state

Has signed the TPNW

Has not yet ratified the TPNW

SIGNED

20 September 2017

RATIFIED

 

IN FORCE

 

 

Status

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

 

Signature

Robert Dussey, the minister of state and minister of foreign affairs of Togo, signed the TPNW at a high-level ceremony in New York when it opened for signature on 20 September 2017.

In a statement to the United Nations in 2019, Togo said that its ratification procedure for the treaty “is almost complete”.

Robert Dussey, the minister of state and minister of foreign affairs of Togo, signs the TPNW in 2017. Photo: ICAN

The Togolese chapter of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom holds a workshop in 2022 to promote Togo’s ratification of the TPNW. Photo: WILPF Togo

 

Universalisation

Togo has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by co-sponsoring and 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”.

Togo has also utilised the UN Human Rights Council’s universal periodic review process to encourage other states to join the TPNW.

The executive director of ICAN, Beatrice Fihn, meets with Dussey in Munich in 2020. Photo: ICAN

 

TPNW negotiations

Togo 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, Togo 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

Togo 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.

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

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

 

Signature

Robert Dussey, the minister of state and minister of foreign affairs of Togo, signed the TPNW at a high-level ceremony in New York when it opened for signature on 20 September 2017.

In a statement to the United Nations in 2019, Togo said that its ratification procedure for the treaty “is almost complete”.

Robert Dussey, the minister of state and minister of foreign affairs of Togo, signs the TPNW in 2017. Photo: ICAN

The Togolese chapter of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom holds a workshop in 2022 to promote Togo’s ratification of the TPNW. Photo: WILPF Togo

 

Universalisation

Togo has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by co-sponsoring and 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”.

Togo has also utilised the UN Human Rights Council’s universal periodic review process to encourage other states to join the TPNW.

The executive director of ICAN, Beatrice Fihn, meets with Dussey in Munich in 2020. Photo: ICAN

 

TPNW negotiations

Togo 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, Togo 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

Togo 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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