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Sierra Leone
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
Summary
Sierra Leone has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Sierra Leone 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”.
ICAN discusses the TPNW with Anthony Brewah, Sierra Leone’s attorney-general and minister of justice, in Geneva in September 2021. Photo: Sierra Leone MFA
TPNW negotiations
Sierra Leone 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, Sierra Leone 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
Sierra Leone 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 not yet joined the TPNW
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Summary
Sierra Leone has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Sierra Leone 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”.
ICAN discusses the TPNW with Anthony Brewah, Sierra Leone’s attorney-general and minister of justice, in Geneva in September 2021. Photo: Sierra Leone MFA
TPNW negotiations
Sierra Leone 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, Sierra Leone 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
Sierra Leone 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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Advocacy Initiative for Development
Christian Outreach Justice Mission Sierra Leone
Campaign for Human Rights and Development International
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