Negotiating Conference for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

In 2016, the UN General Assembly decided by overwhelming majority to initiate negotiations on a treaty banning nuclear weapons in 2017. These negotiations concluded on 7 July 2017 in New York, when 122 states voted for the adoption of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. On 20 September, the Treaty opened for signature at a high-level meeting in New York. See who has signed and ratified so far.

Reaching Critical Will resources

• Nuclear Ban Daily
• RCW's response to the first draft text of the Convention on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (June 2017)
• Banning nuclear weapons: prohibitions for a nuclear weapon ban treaty (June 2017)
• Banning nuclear weapons: principles and elements for a legally binding instrument (March 2017)
• Filling the legal gap: the prohibition of nuclear weapons (April 2015)
• A treaty banning nuclear weapons: developing a legal framework for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons (April 2014)
• Banning nuclear weapons: an effective measure for nuclear disarmament (October 2014)
• Preventing collapse: the NPT and a ban on nuclear weapons (October 2013)
• Unspeakable suffering: the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons (February 2013)

Conference resources

• Treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons, 7 July 2017
• Voting record, 7 July 2017
• Statements
• Documents
• Side events calendar

Background information

• UN General Assembly resolution L.41
• RCW reporting on adoption of L.41
• Open-ended working group on nuclear disarmament
• Conferences on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons
• International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)

Other resources

• Ban Brief at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
• International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Blog
• ICAN's nuclearban.org
• UN official website