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TREATY ON THE PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
FACT SHEET
1. The Treaty was approved at the United 9. The Entry Into Force will pressure um-
Nations in July 2017 by 122 nations. brella nations, especially nations with US/
NATO nuclear weapons deployed on their
2. According to the terms of the Treaty, soil (Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands,
50 nations had to ratify it (or accede to it) Italy, Turkey) and nations that permit
before it would enter into force. Entry into nuclear weapons in their ports, controlled
force would automatically happen 90 days waters, or on US bases on their soil, to
th
after the 50 ratification was deposited at reconsider their responsibilities under the
the UN. Treaty.
3. As of November 1, 2020, 84 states have 10. Five of the nuclear weapons states (US,
signed the treaty. England, France, China, Russia) have been
obligated under the Treaty on the Nonpro-
4. On October 24, 2020, Honduras became liferation of Nuclear Weapons (since 1970)
th
the 50 nation to deposit its ratification at to pursue disarmament “in good faith” “at
the United Nations. an early date.” The Treaty on the Prohibi-
tion of Nuclear Weapons is an expression
5. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear of the impatience of non-nuclear states
Weapons will enter into force on January with the failure of NPT states to meet their
22, 2021. obligation to disarm.
6. None of the nuclear weapons states (US, 11. According to Article 6 of the US Consti-
Russia, England, France, China, Israel, In- tution, international treaties to which the
dia, Pakistan, North Korea) have signed the US is a signatory are the “Supreme Law of
Treaty. Legally, the terms of the Treaty will the Land” and supersede state laws.
not apply to them until they have signed
the Treaty. None of the “umbrella states”— 12. With the Entry Into Force of the TPNW,
those countries protected by agreements Nuclear Weapons will now be in the same
with nuclear powers—have signed the category as land mines, cluster munitions,
Treaty. chemical and biological weapons, and poi-
son gas.
7. The Treaty outlaws the development,
manufacture, testing, possession, transfer, 13. As of September 2020, the nuclear
acquisition, stockpiling, use or threat of weapons states possess 13,400 nuclear
use, control or receipt, stationing or de- weapons. The breakdown* is as follows—
ployment of nuclear weapons. Russia 4,310 (1,572 deployed)
US 3,800 (1,750)
8. The Entry Into Force of the Treaty will China 320
make nuclear weapons illegal under Inter- France 290 (200)
national Law. UK 195 (60)
Pakistan 160
India 150
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* Hans Kristensen, Matt Korda
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