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United States
Nuclear-armed state
6,185 nuclear weapons
1,030 nuclear tests
Has not yet joined TPNW
[HIGHLIGHTS]
The United States can launch its nuclear weapons from missiles, submarines, and airplanes. Its intercontinental ballistic missiles are based in silos in Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming. It was the only country to use two nuclear weapons in war, on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. It also conducted 1,030 nuclear tests between 1945 and 1992, most of which were conducted in Nevada and the Marshall Islands, but some of which were conducted over the Malden and Kiritimati islands, Alaska, Colorado, Mississippi, New Mexico and over the Atlantic Ocean.
In 2019, the United States spent an estimated $34.5 billion to build and maintain its nuclear weapons.
The United States did not participate in the negotiations of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and has not yet signed or ratified it.
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The United States voted against a UN General Assembly resolution in 2019 that welcomed the adoption of the treaty and called upon “all states that have not yet done so to sign, ratify, accept, approve, or accede to the treaty at the earliest possible date”.
The United States did not participate in the negotiation of the treaty at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and thus did not vote on its adoption.
In 2016, the United States voted against 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”.
The United States actively discouraged other states from supporting the resolution.
In a “non-paper” sent to members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) ahead of the vote, the United States “strongly encourage[d]” members to vote against the resolution, “not to merely abstain”. In addition, it said that, if the treaty negotiations do commence, allies and partners should "refrain from joining them”.
The Empty Seat says it all. The US delegate's seat remains empty during the negotiating conference of the TPNW. Photo: Ari Beser
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Awakening/art & culture
Beyond Nuclear
Center for Political Ecology
Citizens for Peaceful Resolutions
Daisy Alliance
Environmentalists Against War
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Georgia Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament
Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action
Guahan Coalition for Peace and Justice
Hibakusha Stories
Interfaith Paths to Peace
International Health & Epidemiology Research Center
Los Alamos Study Group (LASG)
Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
nuclearban.us: Treaty Compliance Campaign
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Nuclear Watch New Mexico
Nukewatch
Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance
Peace Action
Peace Action New York State
Peace Farm of Texas
Peacemaker 360
Peace Resource Center at Wilmington College
PEAC Institute
Project for Nuclear Awareness
Physicians for Social Responsibility (United States)
Physicians for Social Responsibility (Florida Chapter)
Physicians for Social Responsibility (Kansas City Chapter)
Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center and Rocky Flats Nuclear Guardianship
Sierra Club USA
St. Joan of Arc Church Peacemakers
The Resistance Center for Peace and Justice
Transform Now Plowshares
Tri-Valley CAREs
United Methodist General Board of Church and Society
US Peace Council
Utah Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
VFP Golden Rule Project
War Prevention Initiative
Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility
Women Against Military Madness
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (US)
World Beyond War
Hampton Roads Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Pax Christi Metro Washington, DC- Baltimore
Peace Action of WI
New Jersey Peace Action
Pax Christi Metro Washington, DC- Baltimore
UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS
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Support for TPNW Get involved with ICAN in this country ›
ICAN Cities Appeal
These are the towns, cities and states that support the TPNW ICAN Cities Appeal:
Towns and cities:
→Anchorage, AK
→Berkeley, CA
→Baltimore, MD
→Honolulu, HI
→Los Angeles, CA
→Ojai, CA
→Northampton, MA
→Portland, OR
→Salt Lake City, UT
→Santa Barbara, CA
→Takoma City, MD
→Washington D.C.States:
→California
→New Jersey
→OregonICAN Parliamentary Pledge
These are the elected representatives that work to support and promote the TPNW:
United States Congress
→Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton
→Rep. Betty McCollum
→Rep. Jim McGovern
→Rep. Keith Ellison*
→Rep. Barbara Lee
→Rep. Earl Blumenauer
→Rep. Carolyn Maloney
→Rep. Mark Pocan
→Rep. Pramila JayapalUnited States State Legislators
New York State Legislature:
→Sen. Liz Krueger
→Sen. Julia Salazar
→Sen. Gustavo RiveraOregon State Legislature:
→Sen. Jeff Golden
→Rep. Janeen Sollman
→Rep. Rob Nosse
→Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer
→Rep. Sheri SchoutenLocal Legislators
New York City Local Legislators:
→Donovan Richards
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France
Nuclear-armed state
300 nuclear weapons
210 nuclear tests
Has not yet joined TPNW
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France’s nuclear weapons can be launched from submarines or from missiles dropped from airplanes. France’s submarines that can launch nuclear weapons are based at the Île Longue peninsula, south of Brest in the Brittany region of France. France conducted a total of 210 nuclear tests in Algeria and French Polynesia from 1960-1996.
In 2019, France spent an estimated $4.8 billion to build and maintain its nuclear weapons.
France did not participate in the negotiations of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and has not yet signed or ratified it.
A public opinion poll conducted by IFOP in June 2018 found that 67 per cent of French people believe that their government should sign the treaty, with 33 per cent opposed to signing.
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The French Military Planning Law for 2019-2025 allocated €37 billion to upgrade French nuclear forces and allocated €23.3 billion for this purpose from 2014-2019.
In July 2018, the foreign affairs committee of the French national assembly recommended that the government “mitigate its criticism” of the treaty “to show that we understand and take into account the concerns of states and their desire for more balanced global governance”.
France voted against a UN General Assembly resolution in 2019 that welcomed the adoption of the treaty and called upon “all states that have not yet done so to sign, ratify, accept, approve, or accede to the treaty at the earliest possible date”.
On the opening day of the TPNW negotiating conference in 2017, it joined the United States and several other states in protesting the treaty-making process.
In 2016, France voted against 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”.
France actively discouraged other states, in particular its former colonies, from supporting the resolution.
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Association Des Medecins Francais Pour La Prevention de la Guerre Nucleaire
Abolition 2000 France
Américains contre la Guerre
Armes nucléaires STOP
Artistes pour la Paix
Association pour la Taxation des Transactions pour l’Aide aux Citoyens
Association des Libres Penseurs de France
Association des Travailleurs Maghrébins en France
Association France Palestine Solidarité
Association Républicaine des Anciens Combattants
Centre quakers international
Comité des Iraniens contre la Guerre
Comité National pour l’Indépendance et le Développement
Confédération Générale du Travail
Coordination de l’Action Non Violente de l’Arche
Collectif Non au Missile 51
Droit Solidarite
Enjeu, les Pionniers de France
Enseignants pour la Paix
Fédération Nationale des Travailleurs de l’Etat
Fédération Syndicale Unitaire
Femmes Solidaires
Fondation Copernic
Le Forum Plutonium
Greenpeace France
ICAN France
Institut de Documentation et de Recherche sur la Paix
Institut Hiroshima Nagasaki
Les Alternatifs
Les Verts Ligue des Droits de l’Homme
Ligue Internationale des Femmes pour la Paix et la Liberté
Maison de Vigilance
Mouvement contre le Racisme et pour l’Amitié entre les Peuples
Mouvement des Jeunes Communistes de France
Le Mouvement de la Paix
Mouvement de l’Objection de Conscience
Mouvement National de Lutte pour l’Environnement
Mouvement pour le Désarmement la Paix et la Liberté
Mouvement pour une Alternative Non Violente
L'Observatoire des Armements
Pax Christi France
Protection
Réseau Sortir du Nucléaire
Syndicat National de l'Enseignement Secondaire (SNES)
Syndicat National de l'Enseignement Supérieur (SNESUP)
Syndicat National des Chercheurs Scientifiques (SNCS)
Syndicat National des Travailleurs de la Recherche Scientifique (SNTRS)
Union de Bretagne des Syndicats du Spectacle
Union Nationale Peuple et Cultures
Association Nationale des Cheminots Anciens Combattants, Résistants, Prisonniers et Victimes de Guerre
Confédération Paysanne
Fédération Espérantiste du Travail
Mouvement International de la Réconciliation
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Support for TPNW in France Get involved with ICAN in France ›
ICAN Cities Appeal:
These cities, towns and provinces support the TPNW
→ Allones
→ Bagneux
→ Bezons
→ Carmaux
→ Carnoules
→ Champigny-sur-Marne
→ Cordes-sur-ciel
→ Genevillier
→ Gonfreville l'Orcher
→ Grenoble
→ Grigny
→ La Courneuve
→ Lasseran
→ Malakoff
→ Montigny-les-Cormeilles
→ Paris
→ Rove
→ Salaises sur Senne
→ St Pierre des corps
Parliamentary Pledge
These are the elected officials that have taken the ICAN Parliamentary Pledge to support and promote the TPNW:
France National Assembly
→ Sabine Rubin MP
→ Maina Sage MP
→ Sébastien Nadot MP
→ Jean-paul Lecoq MP
→ Moetai Brotherson MP
→ Fabien Roussel MP
→ Alain Bruneel MP
→ Pierre Dharréville MP
France Senate
→ Pierre Laurent Senator
France European Parliament
→ José Bové MEP*
→ Yannick Jadot MEP
→ Eva Joly MEP*
→ Michel Rivasi MEP
→ François Alfonsi MEP
→ Damien Carême MEP
→ David Cormand MEP
→ Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield MEP
→ Caroline Roose MEP
→ Mounir Satouri MEP
→ Marie Toussaint MEP
→ Salima Yenbou MEP
→ Biteau Benoit MEP
→ Karima Delli MEP
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United Kingdom
Nuclear-armed state
200 nuclear weapons
45 nuclear tests
Has not yet joined TPNW
[HIGHLIGHTS]
The United Kingdom’s nuclear weapons would be launched from its nuclear-capable submarines which are based off the coast of Scotland at Her Majesty’s Naval Base. One submarine is usually on patrol.
The United Kingdom tested 45 nuclear weapons from 1952-1991. From 1952 to 1963, the British government conducted 12 nuclear test explosions and up to 600 so-called “minor trials” in the South Australian desert and off the Western Australian coast. Between 1957 and 1962, the United Kingdom and the United States tested 33 nuclear weapons at Malden and Kiritimati islands in Kiribati.
In 2019, the United Kingdom spent an estimated $8.9 billion to build and maintain its nuclear weapons.
The United Kingdom did not participate in the negotiations of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and has not yet signed or ratified it.
A public opinion poll conducted by YouGov in March 2017 found that 75 per cent of British people believed that their government should participate in the treaty negotiations, with 9 per cent opposed to participating and 16 per cent undecided.
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The leader of the opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, said in August 2017 that, with the recent adoption of the treaty by a majority of the world’s governments, “historic progress” was made towards “a world that genuinely meets the security needs of its people”.
The United Kingdom voted against a UN General Assembly resolution in 2019 that welcomed the adoption of the treaty and called upon “all states that have not yet done so to sign, ratify, accept, approve, or accede to the treaty at the earliest possible date”.
On the opening day of the TPNW negotiating conference in 2017, it joined the United States and several other states in protesting the treaty-making process.
In 2016, the United Kingdom voted against 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”.
The United Kingdom actively discouraged other states, in particular its former colonies, from supporting the resolution.
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80000 voices
Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy
Article 36
British Pugwash
Campaign Against Arms Trade
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament UK (CND)
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Cymru
Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Greenpeace UK
ICAN UK
Hastings Against War
Medact
Movement for the Abolition of War
No Waste Alliance
Nuclear Free Local Authorities
Nuclear Information Service
Pax Christi British Section
Quaker Peace & Social Witness
Scientists for Global Responsibility (UK)
Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Trident Ploughshares
United Nations House of Scotland
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
World Court Project UK
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Support for TPNW in the United Kingdom Get involved with ICAN in the United Kingdom ›
ICAN Cities Appeal:
These cities, towns and provinces support the TPNW
→ Edinburgh
→ Fife
→ Manchester
→ Norwich
→ Renfrewshire
→ Hebdon Royd Town
Parliamentary Pledge
These are the elected officials that have taken the ICAN Parliamentary Pledge to support and promote the TPNW:
United Kingdom Parliament
→Hannah Bardell MP
→Mhairi Black MP
→Ian Blackford MP
→Kirsty Blackman MP
→Deidre Brock MP
→Alan Brown MP
→Ruth Cadbury MP
→Lisa Cameron MP
→Douglas Chapman MP
→Joanna Cherry MP
→Ronnie Cowan MP
→Angela Crawley MP
→Janet Daby MP
→Martyn Day MP
→David Drew MP
→Martin Docherty-Hughes MP
→Jonathan Edwards MP
→Marion Fellows MP
→Paul Flynn MP
→Stephen Gethins MP
→Patricia Gibson MP
→Patrick Grady MP
→Peter Grant MP
→Neil Gray MP
→John Grogan MP
→Fabian Hamilton MP
→Helen Hayes MP
→Drew Hendry MP
→Kelvin Hopkins MP
→Stewart Hosie MP
→Ben Lake MP
→Chris Law MP
→David Linden MP
→Caroline Lucas MP
→Rachael Maskell MP
→Stewart Mcdonald MP
→Stuart McDonald MP
→John McNally MP
→Angus Brendan MacNeil MP
→Carol Monaghan MP
→Ian Murray MPwi
→Gavin Newlands MP
→Brendan O'Hara MP
→Liz Saville Roberts MP
→Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP
→Tommy Sheppard MP
→Alex Sobel MP
→Christopher Stephens MP
→Jo Stevens MP
→Alison Thewliss MP
→Thelma Walker MP
→Catherine West MP
→Philippa Whitford MP
→Hywel Williams MP
→Peter Wishart MP
→Mohammad Yasin MP
→Jonathan Woods MP
→Daniel Zeichner MP
→Debbie Abrahams MP
→Stephen Twigg MP
→Ruth George MP
→Louise Haigh MP
→Paul Blomfield MP
→Jane Dodds MP
→Olivia Blake MP
United Kingdom Scottish Parliament
→George Adam MSP
→Clare Adamson MSP
→Alasdair Allan MSP
→Tom Arthur MSP
→Claudia Beamish MSP
→Colin Beattie MSP
→Keith Brown MSP
→Aileen Campbell MSP
→Willie Coffey MSP
→Angela Constance MSP
→Bruce Crawford MSP
→Roseanna Cunningham MSP
→Ash Denham MSP
→Graeme Dey MSP
→Bob Doris MSP
→James Dornan MSP
→Annabelle Ewing MSP
→Fergus Ewing MSP
→Linda Fabiani MSP
→Neil Findlay MSP
→John Finnie MSP
→Joe FitzPatrick MSP
→Kate Forbes MSP
→Jeane Freeman MSP
→Kenneth Gibson MSP
→Jenny Gilruth MSP
→Mairi Gougeon MSP
→Christine Grahame MSP
→Ross Greer MSP
→Emma Harper MSP
→Patrick Harvie MSP
→Clare Haughey MSP
→Jamie Hepburn MSP
→Fiona Hyslop MSP
→Daniel Johnson MSP
→Alison Johnstone MSP
→Bill Kidd MSP
→Richard Lochhead MSP
→Richard Lyle MSP
→Joan McAlpine MSP
→Gordon MacDonald MSP
→Angus MacDonald MSP
→Fulton MacGregor MSP
→Rona Mackay MSP
→Derek Mackay MSP
→Ivan McKee MSP
→Christina McKelvie MSP
→Stuart McMillan MSP
→Ben Macpherson MSP
→Ruth Maguire MSP
→Gillian Martin MSP
→John Mason MSP
→Michael Matheson MSP
→Alex Neil MSP
→Gil Paterson MSP
→Shona Robison MSP
→Gail Ross MSP
→Mark Ruskell MSP
→Michael Russell MSP
→Elaine Smith MSP
→Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP
→Stewart Stevenson MSP
→Kevin Stewart MSP
→Nicola Sturgeon MSP
→John Swinney MSP
→Maree Todd MSP
→David Torrance MSP
→Maureen Watt MSP
→Paul Wheelhouse MSP
→Sandra White MSP
→Andy Wightman MSP
→Humza Yousaf MSP
United Kingdom Welsh Assembly
→Llyr Gruffydd AM
→Mike Hedges AM
→Dai Lloyd AM
→David Rees AM
→Bethan Sayed AM
→Simon Thomas AM
→Leanne Wood AM
→Adam Price AM
→Sian Gwenllian AM
→Delyth Jewell AM
→Helen Mary Jones AM
→Neil McEvoy AM
→Carwyn Jones AM
→Rhun ap Iorwerth AM
→Mick Antoniw AM
→Elin Jones AMUnited Kingdom European Parliament
→Jill Evans MEP
→Ian Hudghton MEP
→Jean Lambert MEP
→Molly Scott Cato MEP
→Alyn Smith MEP
→Derek Vaughan MEP
→Keith Taylor MEP
→Julie Ward MEP
→Catherine Rowett MEPUnited Kingdom Local Legislators
Oldham Council
→Sharif Ali Ashraf
→Steffany McGee
→William Bishop
→Nathan Randles
→Sam Al-Hamdani
→Hfsa Fahad
→Martin Judd
→Heather Price
→Derek HeffernanStates of Guernsey
→Emilie McSwiggan
House of Lords
→Baroness Sue Miller
→Natalie Bennett -
Spain
Nuclear-weapon endorser
Did not participate in TPNW negotiations
Has not yet joined TPNW
[HIGHLIGHTS]
Spain supports the retention and potential use of nuclear weapons on its behalf, as indicated by its endorsement of various alliance statements of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), of which it is a member.
Spain has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. It did not participate in the negotiation of the treaty at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and thus did not vote on its adoption.
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In September 2018, the Spanish government, as part of a deal with the political party Podemos, committed to sign the treaty. The deal was struck between the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, and the leader of Podemos, Pablo Iglesias. However, no action was ultimately taken.
Several Spanish cities have urged the Spanish government to sign and ratify the treaty.
Spain voted against a UN General Assembly resolution in 2019 that welcomed the adoption of the treaty and called upon “all states that have not yet done so to sign, ratify, accept, approve, or accede to the treaty at the earliest possible date”.
In 2016, Spain voted against 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”.
In a “non-paper” sent to NATO members ahead of the vote, the United States “strongly encourage[d]” members, including Sapin, to vote against the resolution, “not to merely abstain”. In addition, it said that, if the treaty negotiations do commence, allies and partners should "refrain from joining them”.
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Centre d'Estudis per a la Pau JM Delis
Fundacio per la Pau
Mundo sin guerras y sin Violencia
Spanish Medical Association for the Prevention of Nuclear War
Comisión General de Justicia y Paz
[LOCALSUPPORT]
Local support Get involved with ICAN in this country ›
ICAN Cities Appeal
These are the cities and towns in this country speaking out in support of the TPNW:
Cadiz
Coruña
Ferrol
Granollers
Zaragoza
La Garriga
Binissalem
Canovelles
Vallromane
MasllorençICAN Parliamentary Pledge
These are the elected representatives in this country that support and promote the TPNW:
Congress of Deputies
Joseba Andoni Aguirretxea Urresti
Nagua Alba
Félix Alonso Cantorné
Rosa Ana Alonso Clusa
Pedro Arrojo Agudo
Joan Baldoví
Teresa Arévalo
Ángela Ballester Muñoz
Enric Bataller i Ruiz
Marian Beitialarrangoitia Lizarralde
Ferrán Salvador Bel Accensi
Ione Belarra
Carolina Bescansa
Rita Bosaho
Amparo Botejara Sanz
Miguel Ángel Bustamante Martín
Pablo Bustinduy
Carles Campuzano
Diego Cañamero
Ignasi Candela Serna
Joan Capdevila i Esteve
José David Carracedo Verde
Sara Carreño Valero
Lourdes Ciuró i Buldó
María Asunción de la Concha García-Mauriño
Juan Antonio Delgado Ramos
Yolanda Díaz Pérez
Xavier Eritja Ciuró
Marcelo Expósito Prieto
Sònia Farré Fidalgo
Miguel Anxo Fernández Bello
Sofía Fernández Castañón
Alexandra Fernández Gómez
Isabel Franco
Ricardo García Mira
Eva García Sempere
Alberto Garzón Espinosa
Anton Gómez-Reino
Segundo González García
Txema Guijarro García
Feliu Guillaumes i Ràfols
Pablo Iglesias Turrión
Jorge Luis Bail
Ana Marcello Santos
Joan Margall Sastre
Oskar Matute
Rafael Mayoral Perales
Joan Mena Arca
Sergi Miquel i Valentí
Irene Montero
Alberto Montero Soler
Jaume Moya Matas
Miriam Nogueras
Juan Manuel del Olmo Ibáñez
Joan Olòriz Serra
Sergio Pascual
Rosana Pastor
Antoni Postius Terrado
Pedro Quevedo Iturbe
Ángela Rodríguez Martínez
Alberto Rodríguez Rodríguez
Gabriel Rufián Romero
Jordi Salvador i Duch
Tania Sánchez Melero
Javier Sánchez Serna
Eduardo Santos Itoiz
Marta Sibina Camps
Ricardo Sixto Iglesias
Marta Sorlí Fresquet
Joan Tardá
Carolina Telechea
Ana Terrón Berbel
Juan López de Uralde
Carmen Valido Pérez
Josep Vendrell Gardeñes
Miguel Vila Gámez
Noelia Vera Ruiz-Herrera
Aina Vidal Sáez
Raimundo Viejo
Jordi Xuclà i Costa
Juan Pedro Yllanes Suárez
Senate
Vanessa Angustia Gómez
José Ramón Arrieta Arrieta
Joan Comorera
María Freixanet Mateo
Óscar Guardingo Martínez
Pilar Lima
María José López Santana
Carles Mulet
Jordi Navarrete
María Concepción Palencia García
Idoia Villanueva Ruiz
National Assembly
Hugo Martínez Abarca
European Parliament
Miguel Urbán MEP
Ernest Urtasun MEP -
Slovakia
Nuclear-weapon endorser
Did not participate in TPNW negotiations
Has not yet joined TPNW
[HIGHLIGHTS]
Slovakia supports the retention and potential use of nuclear weapons on its behalf, as indicated by its endorsement of various alliance statements of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), of which it is a member.
Slovakia has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. It did not participate in the negotiation of the treaty at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and thus did not vote on its adoption.
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Slovakia voted against a UN General Assembly resolution in 2019 that welcomed the adoption of the treaty and called upon “all states that have not yet done so to sign, ratify, accept, approve, or accede to the treaty at the earliest possible date”.
In 2016, Slovakia voted against 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”.
In a “non-paper” sent to NATO members ahead of the vote, the United States “strongly encourage[d]” members, including Slovakia, to vote against the resolution, “not to merely abstain”. In addition, it said that, if the treaty negotiations do commence, allies and partners should "refrain from joining them”.
[COLLAPSE_C]
[PARTNERS]
Human Rights Institute
[LOCALSUPPORT]
Support for TPNW Get involved with ICAN in Slovakia›
There are currently no elected representatives or local or regional bodies in this country committed to supporting the TPNW through the ICAN Cities Appeal or ICAN Parliamentary Pledge. Find out what you can do to support the TPNW in this country.
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Romania
Nuclear-weapon endorser
Did not participate in TPNW negotiations
Has not yet joined TPNW
[HIGHLIGHTS]
Romania supports the retention and potential use of nuclear weapons on its behalf, as indicated by its endorsement of various alliance statements of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), of which it is a member.
Romania has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Romania did not participate in the negotiation of the treaty at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and thus did not vote on its adoption.
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Romania voted against a UN General Assembly resolution in 2019 that welcomed the adoption of the treaty and called upon “all states that have not yet done so to sign, ratify, accept, approve, or accede to the treaty at the earliest possible date”.
On the opening day of the TPNW negotiating conference in 2017, Romania joined the United States and several other states in protesting the treaty-making process.
In 2016, Romania voted against 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”.
In a “non-paper” sent to NATO members ahead of the vote, the United States “strongly encourage[d]” members, including Romania, to vote against the resolution, “not to merely abstain”. In addition, it said that, if the treaty negotiations do commence, allies and partners should "refrain from joining them”.
[COLLAPSE_C]
[PARTNERS]
UN Youth Association of Romania
Romanian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
Group of European Youth for Change
[LOCALSUPPORT]
Support for TPNW Get involved with ICAN in Romania›
There are currently no elected representatives or local or regional bodies in this country committed to supporting the TPNW through the ICAN Cities Appeal or ICAN Parliamentary Pledge. Find out what you can do to support the TPNW in this country.
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Portugal
Nuclear-weapon endorser
Did not participate in TPNW negotiations
Has not yet joined TPNW
[HIGHLIGHTS]
Portugal supports the retention and potential use of nuclear weapons on its behalf, as indicated by its endorsement of various alliance statements of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), of which it is a member.
Portugal has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Portugal did not participate in the negotiation of the treaty at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and thus did not vote on its adoption.
[PARTNERS] [COLLAPSE_O]
Portugal voted against a UN General Assembly resolution in 2019 that welcomed the adoption of the treaty and called upon “all states that have not yet done so to sign, ratify, accept, approve, or accede to the treaty at the earliest possible date”.
In 2016, Portugal voted against 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”.
In a “non-paper” sent to NATO members ahead of the vote, the United States “strongly encourage[d]” members, including Portugal, to vote against the resolution, “not to merely abstain”. In addition, it said that, if the treaty negotiations do commence, allies and partners should "refrain from joining them”.
[COLLAPSE_C]
[PARTNERS]
Portuguese Medical Association for the Prevention of Nuclear War
[LOCALSUPPORT]
Support for TPNW Get involved with ICAN in Portugal›
ICAN Parliamentary Pledge
These are the Belgian elected representatives that support and promote the TPNW:
Duarte Alves
Lara Martinho
José Manuel Pureza
Alexandre Quintanilha
João Vasconcelos
Portugal European Parliament
Ana Gomes MEP
Carlos Zorrinho MEP -
Poland
Nuclear-weapon endorser
Did not participate in TPNW negotiations
Has not yet joined TPNW
[HIGHLIGHTS]
Poland supports the retention and potential use of nuclear weapons on its behalf, as indicated by its endorsement of various alliance statements of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), of which it is a member.
Poland has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Poland did not participate in the negotiation of the treaty at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and thus did not vote on its adoption.
[PARTNERS] [COLLAPSE_O]
Poland voted against a UN General Assembly resolution in 2019 that welcomed the adoption of the treaty and called upon “all states that have not yet done so to sign, ratify, accept, approve, or accede to the treaty at the earliest possible date”.
On the opening day of the TPNW negotiating conference in 2017, Poland joined the United States and several other states in protesting the treaty-making process.
In 2016, Poland voted against 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”.
In a “non-paper” sent to NATO members ahead of the vote, the United States “strongly encourage[d]” members, including Poland, to vote against the resolution, “not to merely abstain”. In addition, it said that, if the treaty negotiations do commence, allies and partners should "refrain from joining them”.
[COLLAPSE_C]
[PARTNERS]
Lekarze Przeciw Wojnie Nuklearnej
Youth Association STRATEG
[LOCALSUPPORT]
Support for TPNW Get involved with ICAN in Poland›
There are currently no elected representatives or local or regional bodies in this country committed to supporting the TPNW through the ICAN Cities Appeal or ICAN Parliamentary Pledge. Find out what you can do to support the TPNW in this country.
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Norway
Nuclear-weapon endorser
Did not participate in TPNW negotiations
Has not yet joined TPNW
[HIGHLIGHTS]
Norway supports the retention and potential use of nuclear weapons on its behalf, as indicated by its endorsement of various alliance statements of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), of which it is a member.
Norway did not participate in the negotiation of the treaty at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and did not vote on its adoption. Norway has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
A public opinion poll conducted by Respons Analyse in March 2019 found that 78 per cent of Norwegians believe that their government should sign and ratify the treaty.
[PARTNERS] [COLLAPSE_O]
In February 2018, the Norwegian parliament asked the Norwegian government to review the consequences of becoming a state party to the treaty. In its report, the government said that Norway could not join the treaty “without coming into conflict with our membership in NATO”.
Several Norwegian cities, including Oslo, have called on the Norwegian government to sign and ratify the treaty.
Norway voted against a UN General Assembly resolution in 2019 that welcomed the adoption of the treaty and called upon “all states that have not yet done so to sign, ratify, accept, approve, or accede to the treaty at the earliest possible date”.
In 2016, Norway voted against 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”.
In a “non-paper” sent to NATO members ahead of the vote, the United States “strongly encourage[d]” members, including Norway, to vote against the resolution, “not to merely abstain”. In addition, it said that, if the treaty negotiations do commence, allies and partners should "refrain from joining them”.
In March 2013, the Norwegian government hosted in Oslo the first in a series of major intergovernmental conferences on the “humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons”, which helped pave the way to the treaty negotiations in 2017.
The goal of negotiating a new legal instrument to outlaw nuclear weapons was a key aim of the Norwegian centre–left coalition government from 2010 until its defeat at the parliamentary election in September 2013.
[COLLAPSE_C]
[PARTNERS]Bellona
Centre Youth
Changemaker
Church of Norway Council on Ecumenical and International Relations
European Youth of Norway
Fredsinitiativet
Green Youth
ICAN Norway
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (Norway)
Juvente
Nature and Youth (Young Friends of the Earth Norway)
No to Nuclear Weapons
Norwegian Civil Service Union
Norwegian Farmer’s Union
Norwegian Humanist Association
Norwegian Labour Youth
Norwegian Peace Association
Norwegian Peace Council
Norwegian People’s Aid
Norwegian Pugwash Committee
Norwegian Young Christian Democrats
PRESS (Youth Organisation of Save the Children Norway)
Red Youth
Spire
Storebrand
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Norway
World Student Christian Federation Norway
Young Liberals of Norway
Fredsbevegelsen på Nesodden
[LOCALSUPPORT]
Support for TPNW Get involved with ICAN in Norway›
ICAN Cities Appeal
These are the cities and towns in this country speaking out in support of the TPNW:
Ålesund
Aurksog-Høland
Bamble
Bergen
Bergen
Bodø
Hammerfest
Horten
Karlsøy
Kristiansund
Levanger
Mo i Rana
Oslo
Sunndal
Tromsø
Trondheim
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Luxembourg
Nuclear-weapon endorser
Did not participate in TPNW negotiations
Has not yet joined TPNW
[HIGHLIGHTS]
Luxembourg supports the retention and potential use of nuclear weapons on its behalf, as indicated by its endorsement of various alliance statements of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), of which it is a member.
Luxembourg has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. It did not participate in the negotiation of the treaty at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and thus did not vote on its adoption.
[PARTNERS] [COLLAPSE_O]
Luxembourg voted against a UN General Assembly resolution in 2019 that welcomed the adoption of the treaty and called upon “all states that have not yet done so to sign, ratify, accept, approve, or accede to the treaty at the earliest possible date”.
On the opening day of the TPNW negotiating conference in 2017, Luxembourg joined the United States and several other states in protesting the treaty-making process.
In 2016, Luxembourg voted against 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”.
In a “non-paper” sent to NATO members ahead of the vote, the United States “strongly encourage[d]” members, including Luxembourg, to vote against the resolution, “not to merely abstain”. In addition, it said that, if the treaty negotiations do commence, allies and partners should "refrain from joining them”.
[COLLAPSE_C]
[PARTNERS]
Cercle de Réflection et d'Initiative Vivi Hommel
[LOCALSUPPORT]Support for TPNW Get involved with ICAN in Belgium›
ICAN Cities Appeal
These are the cities and towns in this country speaking out in support of the TPNW:
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