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Andorra
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
Status
Andorra has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Andorra 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”.
Maria Ubach i Font, the minister of foreign affairs of Andorra, wrote in 2019: “I am confident that soon, once we complete our internal procedures, Andorra will be in a position to sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.”
In 2021, as part of the universal periodic review conducted by the UN Human Rights Council, Andorra said that it would examine the possibility of signing and ratifying the TPNW.
Andorran officials meet with Setsuko Thurlow, an ICAN campaigner and atomic bomb survivor, in Andorra in 2020. Photo: ICAN
TPNW negotiations
Andorra participated in the negotiation of the TPNW at the United Nations in New York in 2017 but was absent for the vote on its adoption.
In 2016, Andorra voted against 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
Andorra 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.
Further information
[HIGHLIGHTS] Andorra has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Andorra 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”. Maria Ubach i Font, the minister of foreign affairs of Andorra, wrote in 2019: “I am confident that soon, once we complete our internal procedures, Andorra will be in a position to sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.” In 2021, as part of the universal periodic review conducted by the UN Human Rights Council, Andorra said that it would examine the possibility of signing and ratifying the TPNW. Andorran officials meet with Setsuko Thurlow, an ICAN campaigner and atomic bomb survivor, in Andorra in 2020. Photo: ICAN Andorra participated in the negotiation of the TPNW at the United Nations in New York in 2017 but was absent for the vote on its adoption. In 2016, Andorra voted against 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”. Andorra 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. [PARTNERS] [LOCALSUPPORT]Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
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TPNW negotiations
Before the negotiations
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