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Eritrea
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
Status
Eritrea has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Eritrea has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by 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 October 2020, it said that “Eritrea supports the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons”, describing it as one of a number of “critical steps to complete denuclearisation”.
In October 2019, it said that ratification of this “landmark” treaty will help achieve “a world free of nuclear arms”.
Eritrea addresses a regional seminar on the universalisation of the TPNW in Pretoria, South Africa, in 2023. Photo: ICAN
TPNW negotiations
Eritrea 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, Eritrea 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
Eritrea 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.
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
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Status
Eritrea has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Eritrea has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by 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 October 2020, it said that “Eritrea supports the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons”, describing it as one of a number of “critical steps to complete denuclearisation”.
In October 2019, it said that ratification of this “landmark” treaty will help achieve “a world free of nuclear arms”.
Eritrea addresses a regional seminar on the universalisation of the TPNW in Pretoria, South Africa, in 2023. Photo: ICAN
TPNW negotiations
Eritrea 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, Eritrea 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
Eritrea 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.
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