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Tonga
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
Status
Tonga has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Tonga voted in favour of an annual UN General Assembly resolution in 2024 that welcomes the adoption of the TPNW and calls upon all states to sign, ratify, or accede to it “at the earliest possible date”. From 2020 to 2023, it abstained from voting on the resolution.
TPNW negotiations
Tonga 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.
Before the negotiations
In 2016, Tonga 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”.
Prior to the adoption of the TPNW in 2017, nuclear weapons were the only weapons of mass destruction not subject to a comprehensive, globally applicable treaty prohibition. Tonga supported calls in the UN General Assembly to fill this “legal gap”.
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
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Status
Tonga has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Tonga voted in favour of an annual UN General Assembly resolution in 2024 that welcomes the adoption of the TPNW and calls upon all states to sign, ratify, or accede to it “at the earliest possible date”. From 2020 to 2023, it abstained from voting on the resolution.
TPNW negotiations
Tonga 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.
Before the negotiations
In 2016, Tonga 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”.
Prior to the adoption of the TPNW in 2017, nuclear weapons were the only weapons of mass destruction not subject to a comprehensive, globally applicable treaty prohibition. Tonga supported calls in the UN General Assembly to fill this “legal gap”.
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