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Peru
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has joined the TPNW
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SIGNED
20 September 2017 |
RATIFIED
23 December 2021 |
IN FORCE
23 March 2022 |
Status
Peru has signed and ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), and has been legally bound by it since 23 March 2022.
Signature and ratification
Antonio García Revilla, the director-general of multilateral and global affairs at the foreign ministry of Peru, signed the TPNW at a high-level ceremony in New York when it opened for signature on 20 September 2017.
In September 2020, the then-president of Peru, Martín Vizcarra, announced in a video message to the UN General Assembly that Peru was in the process of ratifying the TPNW, “convinced that the prohibition of nuclear weapons and tests continues to be a moral imperative for the planet and the human species”.
The congress of Peru unanimously approved a law to ratify the treaty on 9 December 2021, following a review and positive recommendation by its foreign affairs committee.
In a press statement, the foreign ministry said that Peru’s ratification of the TPNW highlights its “high commitment to its obligations under international human rights and humanitarian law”, adding that it “is in line with Peru’s commitment to promoting international peace and security to facilitate the development and growth of our peoples”.
Peru deposited its instrument of ratification with the UN secretary-general on 23 December 2021, becoming the 59th state to ratify or accede to the TPNW.
Upon the entry into force of the TPNW for Peru on 23 March 2022, the government remarked: “No weapons cause as much human suffering as nuclear weapons. Their mere existence is a threat to the survival of humanity.”
Antonio García Revilla, a director-general at the foreign ministry of Peru, signs the TPNW in 2017. Photo: ICAN
Implementation
In accordance with Article 2 of the TPNW, Peru submitted a declaration to the UN secretary-general on 23 December 2021 confirming that it does not own, possess, or control nuclear weapons, has never done so, and does not host any other state’s nuclear weapons on its territory.
Per Article 12, Peru has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by co-sponsoring and 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”.
In a statement to the United Nations in 2017, Peru said that it hopes “that all states possessing [nuclear] weapons will join this instrument”.
Addressing the UN General Assembly in September 2021, the minister of foreign affairs of Peru, Óscar Maúrtua, hailed the TPNW’s entry into force as a “great achievement” and “a legal and moral starting point on a long road to achieve nuclear disarmament”.
Meetings of states parties
Peru participated in the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW, held in Vienna in June 2022. “The conference that brings us together today is a fundamental chance to advance the objective of universalisation of the TPNW and design joint strategies for its complete implementation,” it said.
TPNW negotiations
Peru 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 its opening statement to the negotiating conference, Peru said: “What does not exist cannot cause harm. Nuclear weapons simply should not exist.”
It expressed regret in its closing statement that the final treaty text did not contain an explicit prohibition on the transit of nuclear weapons through areas under a state’s jurisdiction, but it accepted that “in a process like this it is impossible to cover the concerns of all states”.
In 2016, Peru 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”.
Before the negotiations
Peru 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 joined the TPNW
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SIGNED
20 September 2017 |
RATIFIED
23 December 2021 |
IN FORCE
23 March 2022 |
Status
Peru has signed and ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), and has been legally bound by it since 23 March 2022.
Signature and ratification
Antonio García Revilla, the director-general of multilateral and global affairs at the foreign ministry of Peru, signed the TPNW at a high-level ceremony in New York when it opened for signature on 20 September 2017.
In September 2020, the then-president of Peru, Martín Vizcarra, announced in a video message to the UN General Assembly that Peru was in the process of ratifying the TPNW, “convinced that the prohibition of nuclear weapons and tests continues to be a moral imperative for the planet and the human species”.
The congress of Peru unanimously approved a law to ratify the treaty on 9 December 2021, following a review and positive recommendation by its foreign affairs committee.
In a press statement, the foreign ministry said that Peru’s ratification of the TPNW highlights its “high commitment to its obligations under international human rights and humanitarian law”, adding that it “is in line with Peru’s commitment to promoting international peace and security to facilitate the development and growth of our peoples”.
Peru deposited its instrument of ratification with the UN secretary-general on 23 December 2021, becoming the 59th state to ratify or accede to the TPNW.
Upon the entry into force of the TPNW for Peru on 23 March 2022, the government remarked: “No weapons cause as much human suffering as nuclear weapons. Their mere existence is a threat to the survival of humanity.”
Antonio García Revilla, a director-general at the foreign ministry of Peru, signs the TPNW in 2017. Photo: ICAN
Implementation
In accordance with Article 2 of the TPNW, Peru submitted a declaration to the UN secretary-general on 23 December 2021 confirming that it does not own, possess, or control nuclear weapons, has never done so, and does not host any other state’s nuclear weapons on its territory.
Per Article 12, Peru has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by co-sponsoring and 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”.
In a statement to the United Nations in 2017, Peru said that it hopes “that all states possessing [nuclear] weapons will join this instrument”.
Addressing the UN General Assembly in September 2021, the minister of foreign affairs of Peru, Óscar Maúrtua, hailed the TPNW’s entry into force as a “great achievement” and “a legal and moral starting point on a long road to achieve nuclear disarmament”.
Meetings of states parties
Peru participated in the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW, held in Vienna in June 2022. “The conference that brings us together today is a fundamental chance to advance the objective of universalisation of the TPNW and design joint strategies for its complete implementation,” it said.
TPNW negotiations
Peru 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 its opening statement to the negotiating conference, Peru said: “What does not exist cannot cause harm. Nuclear weapons simply should not exist.”
It expressed regret in its closing statement that the final treaty text did not contain an explicit prohibition on the transit of nuclear weapons through areas under a state’s jurisdiction, but it accepted that “in a process like this it is impossible to cover the concerns of all states”.
In 2016, Peru 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”.
Before the negotiations
Peru 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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