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Uruguay
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has joined the TPNW
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SIGNED
20 September 2017 |
RATIFIED
25 July 2018 |
IN FORCE
22 January 2021 |
Status
Uruguay has signed and ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). It was among the original 50 states parties to the treaty when it entered into force on 22 January 2021.
Signature and ratification
Elbio Rosselli, the then-permanent representative of Uruguay to the United Nations, signed the TPNW at a high-level ceremony in New York when it opened for signature on 20 September 2017.
In an address to the United Nations following the signing ceremony, the minister of foreign affairs of Uruguay, Rodolfo Nin Novoa, called on “all countries to sign this instrument, which aims to ensure a decent life for future generations”.
Rosselli deposited the country’s instrument of ratification with the UN secretary-general on 25 July 2018. Uruguay was the 13th state to ratify or accede to the TPNW.
Elbio Rosselli, the then-permanent representative of Uruguay to the United Nations, signs the TPNW in 2017. Photo: ICAN
Rosselli deposits the instrument of ratification in 2018. Photo: UNOLA
Implementation
In accordance with Article 2 of the TPNW, Uruguay submitted a declaration to the UN secretary-general on 3 February 2021 confirming that it does not own, possess, or control nuclear weapons, has never done so, and does not host any other state’s nuclear weapons on its territory.
Uruguay 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”.
In a statement to the United Nations in September 2019, Uruguay urged “all states who have not yet done so to accede and ratify”. In October 2021, it welcomed the TPNW’s entry into force as “a milestone in nuclear disarmament” and “a significant commitment to international peace and security”.
Meetings of states parties
Uruguay participated in the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW, held in Vienna in June 2022. “Now more than ever, we must consider the catastrophic humanitarian consequences that the use of nuclear weapons could bring,” it said. “They are absolutely contrary to the inalienable right to life.”
TPNW negotiations
Uruguay 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 its closing statement to the negotiating conference, Uruguay said that, although it will still take some time to eliminate all nuclear weapons, “we have made very clear and put in writing that nuclear weapons are illegal, and we are committed to their abolition”.
In 2016, Uruguay co-sponsored 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
Uruguay 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.
In December 2012, a Latin American regional roundtable meeting was held in Punta del Este, Uruguay, to discuss the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons.
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has joined the TPNW
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SIGNED
20 September 2017 |
RATIFIED
25 July 2018 |
IN FORCE
22 January 2021 |
Status
Uruguay has signed and ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). It was among the original 50 states parties to the treaty when it entered into force on 22 January 2021.
Signature and ratification
Elbio Rosselli, the then-permanent representative of Uruguay to the United Nations, signed the TPNW at a high-level ceremony in New York when it opened for signature on 20 September 2017.
In an address to the United Nations following the signing ceremony, the minister of foreign affairs of Uruguay, Rodolfo Nin Novoa, called on “all countries to sign this instrument, which aims to ensure a decent life for future generations”.
Rosselli deposited the country’s instrument of ratification with the UN secretary-general on 25 July 2018. Uruguay was the 13th state to ratify or accede to the TPNW.
Elbio Rosselli, the then-permanent representative of Uruguay to the United Nations, signs the TPNW in 2017. Photo: ICAN
Rosselli deposits the instrument of ratification in 2018. Photo: UNOLA
Implementation
In accordance with Article 2 of the TPNW, Uruguay submitted a declaration to the UN secretary-general on 3 February 2021 confirming that it does not own, possess, or control nuclear weapons, has never done so, and does not host any other state’s nuclear weapons on its territory.
Uruguay 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”.
In a statement to the United Nations in September 2019, Uruguay urged “all states who have not yet done so to accede and ratify”. In October 2021, it welcomed the TPNW’s entry into force as “a milestone in nuclear disarmament” and “a significant commitment to international peace and security”.
Meetings of states parties
Uruguay participated in the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW, held in Vienna in June 2022. “Now more than ever, we must consider the catastrophic humanitarian consequences that the use of nuclear weapons could bring,” it said. “They are absolutely contrary to the inalienable right to life.”
TPNW negotiations
Uruguay 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 its closing statement to the negotiating conference, Uruguay said that, although it will still take some time to eliminate all nuclear weapons, “we have made very clear and put in writing that nuclear weapons are illegal, and we are committed to their abolition”.
In 2016, Uruguay co-sponsored 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
Uruguay 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.
In December 2012, a Latin American regional roundtable meeting was held in Punta del Este, Uruguay, to discuss the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons.
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International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
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