Donate
Central African Republic
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has signed the TPNW
Has not yet ratified the TPNW
 |
 |
 |
|
SIGNED
20 September 2017 |
RATIFIED
|
IN FORCE
|
Status
The Central African Republic has signed but not yet ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
Signature
Faustin-Archange Touadéra, the president of the CAR, signed the TPNW at a high-level ceremony in New York when it opened for signature on 20 September 2017.
The CAR announced in 2018 that “the internal procedure for ratifying the [TPNW] is in progress”.
Faustin-Archange Touadéra, the president of the CAR, signs the TPNW in 2017. Photo: ICAN
WILPF-Centrafrique, an ICAN partner, holds a workshop in 2023 to promote ratification of the TPNW.
National position
In 2018, the CAR described the TPNW as “an important contribution to the achievement and maintenance of a nuclear-weapon-free world”. It said that “the desire clearly shown by the majority of United Nations member states to arrive at a world free of nuclear weapons is to be encouraged”.
Universalisation
The CAR has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by generally 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”. (It voted against the resolution in 2022 and abstained from voting in 2024.)
The CAR addresses a regional seminar on the universalisation of the TPNW in Pretoria, South Africa, in 2023. Photo: ICAN
TPNW negotiations
The CAR did not formally participate in the negotiation of the TPNW at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and thus did not vote on its adoption.
In 2016, the CAR voted in the first committee of the UN General Assembly in favour of a draft resolution that ultimately 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 CAR 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
[HIGHLIGHTS]
|
|
|
|
SIGNED
20 September 2017 |
RATIFIED
|
IN FORCE
|
Status
The Central African Republic has signed but not yet ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
Signature
Faustin-Archange Touadéra, the president of the CAR, signed the TPNW at a high-level ceremony in New York when it opened for signature on 20 September 2017.
The CAR announced in 2018 that “the internal procedure for ratifying the [TPNW] is in progress”.
Faustin-Archange Touadéra, the president of the CAR, signs the TPNW in 2017. Photo: ICAN
WILPF-Centrafrique, an ICAN partner, holds a workshop in 2023 to promote ratification of the TPNW.
National position
In 2018, the CAR described the TPNW as “an important contribution to the achievement and maintenance of a nuclear-weapon-free world”. It said that “the desire clearly shown by the majority of United Nations member states to arrive at a world free of nuclear weapons is to be encouraged”.
Universalisation
The CAR has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by generally 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”. (It voted against the resolution in 2022 and abstained from voting in 2024.)
The CAR addresses a regional seminar on the universalisation of the TPNW in Pretoria, South Africa, in 2023. Photo: ICAN
TPNW negotiations
The CAR did not formally participate in the negotiation of the TPNW at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and thus did not vote on its adoption.
In 2016, the CAR voted in the first committee of the UN General Assembly in favour of a draft resolution that ultimately 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 CAR 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
[PARTNERS]
[LOCALSUPPORT]
No events yet