Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 103nn Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, published in 2020.

What other versions does this mandate have?

8 versions · 2018–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/54

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/54	Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons	612	89%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/38	Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons	584	74%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/35	Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons	477	89%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/54	Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons	465	60%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/34	Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons	372	52%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

7 reports · 2019–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2025	A/80/216	Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/38
2024	A/79/219	Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/35
2023	A/78/138	Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/54
2022	A/77/152	Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/34
2021	A/76/128	Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/40

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Disarmament Agreements Nuclear Disarmament Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons¹ on 7 July 2017;

¹A/CONF.229/2017/8.

Notes that the Treaty has been open for signature at United Nations Headquarters in New York since 20 September 2017;

Welcomes that the Treaty will enter into force on 22 January 2021, and also welcomes that already 84 States had signed the Treaty and 50 States had ratified or acceded to it as at 24 October 2020;

Calls upon all States that have not yet done so to sign, ratify, accept, approve or accede to the Treaty at the earliest possible date;

Calls upon those States in a position to do so to promote adherence to the Treaty through bilateral, subregional, regional and multilateral contacts, outreach and other means;

Requests the Secretary-General, as depositary of the Treaty, to report to the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session on the status of signature and ratification, acceptance, approval or accession of the Treaty;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-sixth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons”.

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