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Cabo Verde
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has signed the TPNW
Has not yet ratified the TPNW
Signed: 20 September 2017
Summary
Cabo Verde has signed but not yet ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Signature
Luis Filipe Lopes Tavares, the then-minister of foreign affairs of Cabo Verde, signed the treaty when it opened for signature on 20 September 2017. It was submitted to the national assembly for ratification in October 2020.
In a statement to the United Nations following the signing in 2017, Cabo Verde said: “The existence of a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons of course will not make them immediately disappear but will reinforce the stigma against their use … and represents a disincentive for proliferation.”
Luis Filipe Lopes Tavares, the minister of foreign affairs of Cabo Verde, signs the treaty in New York on 20 September 2017. Photo: ICAN
Universalisation
Cabo Verde has promoted universal adherence to the treaty, 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 2017, it called on “all states that have not yet done so to sign and ratify the TPNW as soon as possible”.
Treaty negotiations
Cabo Verde participated in the negotiation of the treaty at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and was among 122 states that voted in favour of its adoption.
In 2016, Cabo Verde 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
Cabo Verde 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 negotiations.
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has signed the TPNW
Has not yet ratified the TPNW
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Signed: 20 September 2017
Summary
Cabo Verde has signed but not yet ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Signature
Luis Filipe Lopes Tavares, the then-minister of foreign affairs of Cabo Verde, signed the treaty when it opened for signature on 20 September 2017. It was submitted to the national assembly for ratification in October 2020.
In a statement to the United Nations following the signing in 2017, Cabo Verde said: “The existence of a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons of course will not make them immediately disappear but will reinforce the stigma against their use … and represents a disincentive for proliferation.”
Luis Filipe Lopes Tavares, the minister of foreign affairs of Cabo Verde, signs the treaty in New York on 20 September 2017. Photo: ICAN
Universalisation
Cabo Verde has promoted universal adherence to the treaty, 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 2017, it called on “all states that have not yet done so to sign and ratify the TPNW as soon as possible”.
Treaty negotiations
Cabo Verde participated in the negotiation of the treaty at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and was among 122 states that voted in favour of its adoption.
In 2016, Cabo Verde 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
Cabo Verde 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 negotiations.
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