Support for a ban

Three in four governments support the idea of a treaty to outlaw and eliminate nuclear weapons. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on nations to negotiate such an agreement as a way of fulfilling their existing obligations under the Non-Proliferation Treaty. The Red Cross believes that a ban on nuclear weapons is an urgent humanitarian necessity, and opinion polls throughout the world show overwhelming public support.

Nations supporting a ban

146

Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé & Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Nations sitting on the fence

22

Andorra, Armenia, Australia, Belarus, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Georgia, Iceland, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Moldova, Montenegro, Nauru, Romania, South Korea, Uzbekistan

Nations opposed to a ban

26

Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Palau, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

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Public opinion

The abolition of nuclear weapons is the democratic wish of people everywhere. An average of 78 per cent of people polled in 26 nations support a treaty to outlaw and eliminate nuclear weapons. This includes a majority of people in all nuclear-armed nations except Pakistan.

COUNTRY	SUPPORT	COUNTRY	SUPPORT
Argentina	93%	Kenya	96%
Australia	92%	Mexico	87%
Azerbaijan	70%	Nigeria	86%
Belgium	72%	Norway	92%
Canada	93%	Pakistan	46%
China	83%	Palestine	70%
Egypt	83%	Russia	69%
France	86%	South Korea	86%
India	62%	Thailand	66%
Indonesia	81%	Turkey	65%
Iran	68%	Ukraine	80%
Israel	67%	United Kingdom	81%
Japan	78%	United States	77%