Uganda
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
Status
Uganda has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Uganda has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by 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”.
In a statement to the UN General Assembly in 2021, Uganda welcomed the adoption of the “landmark” TPNW, which it said complements other international instruments, such as the Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968.
In 2021, a private member’s motion urging the Ugandan government to sign and ratify the TPNW was submitted to the national parliament and referred to its foreign affairs committee for scrutiny.
After consulting various stakeholders, the committee published a report on the matter in 2023, which recommended that the executive branch of government study the TPNW and “make an appropriate decision” on whether to sign and ratify it.
The foreign affairs committee of the Ugandan parliament discusses the TPNW in 2021. Photo: NEMA
A workshop to promote adherence to the TPNW is held in Kampala in 2023.
TPNW negotiations
Uganda 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, Uganda 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”.
Before the negotiations
Uganda 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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Status
Uganda has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Uganda has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by 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”.
In a statement to the UN General Assembly in 2021, Uganda welcomed the adoption of the “landmark” TPNW, which it said complements other international instruments, such as the Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968.
In 2021, a private member’s motion urging the Ugandan government to sign and ratify the TPNW was submitted to the national parliament and referred to its foreign affairs committee for scrutiny.
After consulting various stakeholders, the committee published a report on the matter in 2023, which recommended that the executive branch of government study the TPNW and “make an appropriate decision” on whether to sign and ratify it.
The foreign affairs committee of the Ugandan parliament discusses the TPNW in 2021. Photo: NEMA
A workshop to promote adherence to the TPNW is held in Kampala in 2023.
TPNW negotiations
Uganda 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, Uganda 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”.
Before the negotiations
Uganda 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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Holistic Operations for Rural Development
Ugandan Association of Medical Workers for Health and Environmental Concerns
Uganda Landmine Survivors Association (ULSA)
FACILITATION FOR INTEGRATED COMMUNITY RURAL DEVELOPMENT (FICRD)
Rafusai Charity Organization
Amputee Self-help Network Uganda (ASNU)
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Holistic Operations for Rural Development
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Ugandan Association of Medical Workers for Health and Environmental Concerns
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Uganda Landmine Survivors Association (ULSA)
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FACILITATION FOR INTEGRATED COMMUNITY RURAL DEVELOPMENT (FICRD)
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Rafusai Charity Organization
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Amputee Self-help Network Uganda (ASNU)