Qatar
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
Status
Qatar has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Qatar has described the TPNW’s adoption in 2017 and its entry into force in 2021 as a reflection of the support of the international community for the total elimination of nuclear weapons.
In 2022, it stressed “the importance of adhering to all agreements and treaties related to the disarmament of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction”, adding that the “disastrous consequences of the use of nuclear weapons on humanity and all life on our planet can only be avoided by completely and definitively banning their use”.
Qatar 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”.
Meetings of states parties
Qatar observed the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW in 2022 and the second meeting in 2023.
Qatari delegates to the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW in 2022. Photo: ICAN
TPNW negotiations
Qatar 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, Qatar 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
Qatar 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
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
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Status
Qatar has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Qatar has described the TPNW’s adoption in 2017 and its entry into force in 2021 as a reflection of the support of the international community for the total elimination of nuclear weapons.
In 2022, it stressed “the importance of adhering to all agreements and treaties related to the disarmament of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction”, adding that the “disastrous consequences of the use of nuclear weapons on humanity and all life on our planet can only be avoided by completely and definitively banning their use”.
Qatar 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”.
Meetings of states parties
Qatar observed the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW in 2022 and the second meeting in 2023.
Qatari delegates to the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW in 2022. Photo: ICAN
TPNW negotiations
Qatar 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, Qatar 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
Qatar 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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