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Liberia
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
Status
Liberia has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
In 2021, as part of the universal periodic review conducted by the Human Rights Council, Liberia accepted a recommendation to sign and ratify the TPNW.
Liberia 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 2022, it voted against the resolution, apparently in error.)
TPNW negotiations
Liberia 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.
Before the negotiations
In 2016, Liberia 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”.
Liberia was also 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
Liberia has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
In 2021, as part of the universal periodic review conducted by the Human Rights Council, Liberia accepted a recommendation to sign and ratify the TPNW.
Liberia 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 2022, it voted against the resolution, apparently in error.)
TPNW negotiations
Liberia 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.
Before the negotiations
In 2016, Liberia 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”.
Liberia was also 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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