Syria

Nuclear-weapon free state

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Syria has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Syria participated in the negotiation of the treaty at the United Nations in New York in 2017 but was absent for the vote on its adoption. 

In 2016, Syria was absent for the vote on the UN General Assembly resolution that established the formal mandate for states to commence the negotiations in 2017 on “a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination”.

Prior to the adoption of the treaty in 2017, nuclear weapons were the only weapons of mass destruction not subject to a comprehensive, globally applicable treaty prohibition. Syria supported calls in the UN General Assembly fill this “legal gap”.

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