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Kyrgyzstan
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
Status
Kyrgyzstan has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
In April 2025, Kyrgyzstan announced that it “has made the political decision to join the TPNW” because it is “committed to ensuring that future generations live without the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction”.
Kyrgyzstan has consistently abstained from voting on an annual UN General Assembly resolution since 2018 that welcomes the adoption of the TPNW and calls upon all states to sign, ratify, or accede to it “at the earliest possible date”.
TPNW negotiations
Kyrgyzstan 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.
Before the negotiations
In 2016, Kyrgyzstan abstained from voting in the first committee of the UN General Assembly on a 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”.
Kyrgyzstan 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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Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
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Status
Kyrgyzstan has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
In April 2025, Kyrgyzstan announced that it “has made the political decision to join the TPNW” because it is “committed to ensuring that future generations live without the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction”.
Kyrgyzstan has consistently abstained from voting on an annual UN General Assembly resolution since 2018 that welcomes the adoption of the TPNW and calls upon all states to sign, ratify, or accede to it “at the earliest possible date”.
TPNW negotiations
Kyrgyzstan 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.
Before the negotiations
In 2016, Kyrgyzstan abstained from voting in the first committee of the UN General Assembly on a 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”.
Kyrgyzstan 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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Center for Non-proliferation and Export Control
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