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Morocco
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
Status
Morocco has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Morocco 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”.
It has described the TPNW’s adoption in 2017 as “a major step in the evolution of the international disarmament and non-proliferation regime” and its “historic entry into force” in 2021 as a sign of progress towards a world without nuclear weapons.
Morocco addresses a regional seminar on the universalisation of the TPNW in Pretoria, South Africa, in 2023. Photo: ICAN
Meetings of states parties
Morocco attended as an observer the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW, held in Vienna in June 2022. “This is a moment to deepen our reflection, give impetus to the implementation of the treaty, and engage in a constructive and frank dialogue with a view to building consensus to free the world from nuclear weapons,” it said.
Reflecting on the meeting, Morocco said that it had “breathe[d] new life into dialogue”. It urged all states to “undertake further efforts to ensure the prohibition of [nuclear] arms”.
TPNW negotiations
Morocco 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. It served as a vice-president of the bureau.
In its opening statement to the negotiating conference, Morocco said that this “historic process”, if successful, “would undeniably contribute to the building of confidence and the strengthening of regional and international peace and security”.
Following the treaty’s adoption, Morocco welcomed the new agreement as “a landmark step towards the total elimination of these weapons and towards a more reassuring future”.
In 2016, Morocco abstained from voting on 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
Prior to the adoption of the TPNW in 2017, nuclear weapons were the only weapons of mass destruction not subject to a comprehensive, globally applicable treaty prohibition. Morocco supported calls in the UN General Assembly fill this “legal gap”.
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Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
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Status
Morocco has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Morocco 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”.
It has described the TPNW’s adoption in 2017 as “a major step in the evolution of the international disarmament and non-proliferation regime” and its “historic entry into force” in 2021 as a sign of progress towards a world without nuclear weapons.
Morocco addresses a regional seminar on the universalisation of the TPNW in Pretoria, South Africa, in 2023. Photo: ICAN
Meetings of states parties
Morocco attended as an observer the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW, held in Vienna in June 2022. “This is a moment to deepen our reflection, give impetus to the implementation of the treaty, and engage in a constructive and frank dialogue with a view to building consensus to free the world from nuclear weapons,” it said.
Reflecting on the meeting, Morocco said that it had “breathe[d] new life into dialogue”. It urged all states to “undertake further efforts to ensure the prohibition of [nuclear] arms”.
TPNW negotiations
Morocco 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. It served as a vice-president of the bureau.
In its opening statement to the negotiating conference, Morocco said that this “historic process”, if successful, “would undeniably contribute to the building of confidence and the strengthening of regional and international peace and security”.
Following the treaty’s adoption, Morocco welcomed the new agreement as “a landmark step towards the total elimination of these weapons and towards a more reassuring future”.
In 2016, Morocco abstained from voting on 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
Prior to the adoption of the TPNW in 2017, nuclear weapons were the only weapons of mass destruction not subject to a comprehensive, globally applicable treaty prohibition. Morocco supported calls in the UN General Assembly fill this “legal gap”.
Further information
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