Bahamas

Nuclear-weapon-free state

Has signed the TPNW

Has not yet ratified the TPNW

SIGNED

RATIFIED

IN FORCE

SIGNED

19 September 2023

RATIFIED

IN FORCE

Status

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

Signature

The minister of foreign affairs of the Bahamas, Frederick Audley Mitchell, signed the TPNW at a high-level ceremony in New York on 19 September 2023.

The minister of foreign affairs of the Bahamas, Frederick Audley Mitchell, signs the TPNW in 2023. Photo: ICAN

Universalisation

Per Article 12, the Bahamas 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”.

TPNW negotiations

The Bahamas 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, the Bahamas 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

The Bahamas 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

Nuclear Weapons Ban Monitor

Bahamas

Nuclear-weapon-free state

Has signed the TPNW

Has not yet ratified the TPNW

Status

Signature

Universalisation

TPNW negotiations

Before the negotiations

Further information

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