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Rwanda
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
Status
Rwanda has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Rwanda 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”. (It abstained from voting on the resolution in 2019.)
In January 2022, following a meeting with stakeholders in Rwanda to review the TPNW, the ministry of foreign affairs indicated that Rwanda would adhere to the TPNW in due course.
ICAN partners in Rwanda convene a workshop with stakeholders in January 2022 to promote adherence to the TPNW. Photo: AJECL
TPNW negotiations
Rwanda did not participate in the negotiation of the TPNW at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and thus did not vote on its adoption.
In 2016, Rwanda was absent for the vote 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”.
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
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Status
Rwanda has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Rwanda 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”. (It abstained from voting on the resolution in 2019.)
In January 2022, following a meeting with stakeholders in Rwanda to review the TPNW, the ministry of foreign affairs indicated that Rwanda would adhere to the TPNW in due course.
ICAN partners in Rwanda convene a workshop with stakeholders in January 2022 to promote adherence to the TPNW. Photo: AJECL
TPNW negotiations
Rwanda did not participate in the negotiation of the TPNW at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and thus did not vote on its adoption.
In 2016, Rwanda was absent for the vote 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”.
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Global Initiative for Environment and Reconciliation (GER)
Association des Jeunes de Saint Charles Lwanga (AJECL)
LA GALOPE Rwanda
PAX PRESS
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