Brunei
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has signed the TPNW
Has not yet ratified the TPNW
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SIGNED
26 September 2018 |
RATIFIED
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IN FORCE
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Status
Brunei has signed but not yet ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
Signature
Erywan Pehin Yusof, the second minister of foreign affairs of Brunei, signed the TPNW at a high-level ceremony in New York on 26 September 2018.
Erywan Pehin Yusof, the second minister of foreign affairs of Brunei, signs the TPNW in 2018. Photo: ICAN
National position
In 2018, Brunei said that the TPNW “represents a strong recognition of the dangers of nuclear weapons and reflects the will of the majority” and is “a timely response to the lack of progress that we have been witnessing on the disarmament agenda over the years”.
It welcomed the TPNW’s entry into force in 2021 as “a vital step towards global nuclear disarmament”.
Universalisation
Brunei 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”.
In 2023, Brunei “call[ed] attention to the devastating, dangerous and indiscriminate consequences of weapons of mass destruction” and urged full support for multilateral efforts to achieve general and complete disarmament under the TPNW and other instruments.
Meetings of states parties
Brunei observed the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW in 2022. It said that the political declaration and action plan adopted at the meeting “will help set the course for the treaty’s implementation and are important steps toward our shared goal of a world free of nuclear weapons”.
It also observed the second meeting of states parties in 2023.
TPNW negotiations
Brunei 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, Brunei 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
Brunei 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-weapon-free state
Has signed the TPNW
Has not yet ratified the TPNW
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SIGNED
26 September 2018 |
RATIFIED
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IN FORCE
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Status
Brunei has signed but not yet ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
Signature
Erywan Pehin Yusof, the second minister of foreign affairs of Brunei, signed the TPNW at a high-level ceremony in New York on 26 September 2018.
Erywan Pehin Yusof, the second minister of foreign affairs of Brunei, signs the TPNW in 2018. Photo: ICAN
National position
In 2018, Brunei said that the TPNW “represents a strong recognition of the dangers of nuclear weapons and reflects the will of the majority” and is “a timely response to the lack of progress that we have been witnessing on the disarmament agenda over the years”.
It welcomed the TPNW’s entry into force in 2021 as “a vital step towards global nuclear disarmament”.
Universalisation
Brunei 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”.
In 2023, Brunei “call[ed] attention to the devastating, dangerous and indiscriminate consequences of weapons of mass destruction” and urged full support for multilateral efforts to achieve general and complete disarmament under the TPNW and other instruments.
Meetings of states parties
Brunei observed the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW in 2022. It said that the political declaration and action plan adopted at the meeting “will help set the course for the treaty’s implementation and are important steps toward our shared goal of a world free of nuclear weapons”.
It also observed the second meeting of states parties in 2023.
TPNW negotiations
Brunei 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, Brunei 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
Brunei 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
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