Colombia

Nuclear-weapon-free state

Has signed the TPNW

Has not yet ratified the TPNW

SIGNED

3 August 2018

RATIFIED

 

IN FORCE

 

 

Status

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

 

Signature

Francisco González, the then-deputy permanent representative of Colombia to the United Nations, signed the TPNW in New York on 3 August 2018.

Following the inauguration of Gustavo Petro as president of Colombia in August 2022, the government began preparing a bill to be submitted to the congress to enable Colombia’s ratification of the TPNW.

Campaigners meet with members of congress in Colombia in 2019 to promote ratification of the TPNW. Photo: Campaña Colombiana Contra Minas

 

National position

In 2018, Colombia said that “the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is a milestone in the history of nuclear disarmament, and its application will contribute in a substantive manner to international peace and security”.

 

Universalisation

Colombia 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”.

 

TPNW negotiations

Colombia 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 a working paper submitted to the negotiating conference, Colombia proposed principles, objectives, and preambular elements for the treaty. In its closing statement, it said that the TPNW represented a “significant advance for the nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament regime”.

In 2016, Colombia 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

Colombia 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

Nuclear-weapon-free state

Has signed the TPNW

Has not yet ratified the TPNW

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SIGNED

3 August 2018

RATIFIED

 

IN FORCE

 

 

Status

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

 

Signature

Francisco González, the then-deputy permanent representative of Colombia to the United Nations, signed the TPNW in New York on 3 August 2018.

Following the inauguration of Gustavo Petro as president of Colombia in August 2022, the government began preparing a bill to be submitted to the congress to enable Colombia’s ratification of the TPNW.

Campaigners meet with members of congress in Colombia in 2019 to promote ratification of the TPNW. Photo: Campaña Colombiana Contra Minas

 

National position

In 2018, Colombia said that “the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is a milestone in the history of nuclear disarmament, and its application will contribute in a substantive manner to international peace and security”.

 

Universalisation

Colombia 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”.

 

TPNW negotiations

Colombia 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 a working paper submitted to the negotiating conference, Colombia proposed principles, objectives, and preambular elements for the treaty. In its closing statement, it said that the TPNW represented a “significant advance for the nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament regime”.

In 2016, Colombia 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

Colombia 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

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