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Ukraine
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
Summary
Ukraine has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
In October 2023, Ukraine voted against an annual UN General Assembly resolution that welcomes the adoption of the TPNW and calls upon all states to sign, ratify, or accede to it “at the earliest possible date”. Between 2018 and 2022, it consistently abstained from voting on the resolution.
TPNW negotiations
Ukraine did not participate in the negotiation of the TPNW at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and thus did not vote on its adoption. On the opening day of the negotiating conference, it joined the United States and several other states in protesting the treaty-making process.
In 2016, Ukraine was absent for the vote on 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”.
Nuclear weapons formerly in Ukraine
Upon the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine inherited several thousand Soviet nuclear warheads, which it subsequently transferred to Russia.
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
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Summary
Ukraine has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
In October 2023, Ukraine voted against an annual UN General Assembly resolution that welcomes the adoption of the TPNW and calls upon all states to sign, ratify, or accede to it “at the earliest possible date”. Between 2018 and 2022, it consistently abstained from voting on the resolution.
TPNW negotiations
Ukraine did not participate in the negotiation of the TPNW at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and thus did not vote on its adoption. On the opening day of the negotiating conference, it joined the United States and several other states in protesting the treaty-making process.
In 2016, Ukraine was absent for the vote on 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”.
Nuclear weapons formerly in Ukraine
Upon the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine inherited several thousand Soviet nuclear warheads, which it subsequently transferred to Russia.
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