Algeria
Algeria is currently examining the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) with a view to ratifying it. It attended the Third Meeting of States Parties (3MSP) to the TPNW in March 2025 as an observer.
TPNW Status
| Key weapons of mass destruction treaties | ||
|---|---|---|
| NUCLEAR WEAPONS | ||
| Party to the TPNW | No (Signed 2017) | |
| Party to the NPT | Yes (Acceded 1995) | |
| Ratified the CTBT | Yes (Ratified 2003, Annex 2 state) | |
| Party to an NWFZ | Yes (Ratified 1998, Pelindaba) | |
| CSA with the IAEA | Yes (In force 1997) | |
| AP with the IAEA | No (Signed 2018) | |
| BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS | ||
| Party to the BWC | Yes (Acceded 2001) | |
| Party to the CWC | Yes (Ratified 1995) | |
| TPNW Art. 1(1) prohibitions: Compliance in 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|
| (a) | Develop, produce, manufacture, acquire | Compliant |
| Possess or stockpile | Compliant | |
| Test | Compliant | |
| (b) | Transfer | Compliant |
| (c) | Receive transfer or control | Compliant |
| (d) | Use | Compliant |
| Threaten to use | Compliant | |
| (e) | Assist, encourage or induce | Compliant |
| (f) | Seek or receive assistance | Compliant |
| (g) | Allow stationing, installation, deployment | Compliant |
| TPNW voting and participation | |
|---|---|
| UNGA resolution on TPNW (latest vote) | Voted yes (2025) |
| Participated in 3MSP (2025) | Yes (observer) |
| Participated in 2MSP (2023) | Yes (observer) |
| Participated in 1MSP (2022) | Yes (observer) |
| Average MSP delegation size (% women) | 3 (0%) |
| Adoption of TPNW (7 July 2017) | Voted yes |
| Participated in TPNW negotiations (2017) | Yes |
| Negotiation mandate (A/RES/71/258) | Voted yes |
| Fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Nuclear facilities | Yes |
| Fissile material production | No |
| HEU stocks | No |
| Plutonium stocks | No |
| SQP with the IAEA | No |
Latest developments
In the Conference on Disarmament in February 2025, the Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Algeria, Lunes Magramane, said that ‘nuclear disarmament should be the top priority in the field of disarmament’. He noted that Algeria participated in the drafting of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in 2017 and was among the first States to sign it, ‘reaffirming that the only way to ensure that nuclear weapons are never used is to prohibit and eliminate them’.1
‘This conviction is reinforced by the experience of Algeria, which suffered and continues to suffer from the grave human and environmental consequences of the nuclear tests conducted by the French colonial regime on our territory,’ he said. ‘Large areas of the Algerian desert still suffer from the effects of those explosions to this day, as high levels of radiation cause serious diseases and physical disabilities.’
At the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Preparatory Committee meeting in May 2025, Algeria said: ‘Nuclear disarmament is not merely a top priority, but an urgent existential necessity for all of humanity. The shadow of nuclear weapons has loomed over our world for far too long.’ It noted the progress made under the TPNW, describing the Treaty ‘as a complementary framework to the [NPT] and to collective efforts in nuclear disarmament’.2
In the First Committee of the UN General Assembly in October 2025, Algeria welcomed the entry into force of the TPNW—a ‘landmark’ instrument that has filled ‘the legal vacuum’. It said that it looked forward to the First Review Conference of the Treaty in 2026.3
Algeria co-sponsored the 2025 UN General Assembly resolution on the TPNW, which welcomed the Treaty’s entry into force and called upon ‘all States that have not yet done so to sign, ratify, accept, approve, or accede to the Treaty at the earliest possible date’.4
Recommendations
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Algeria should urgently ratify the TPNW.
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Algeria should bring into force its Additional Protocol (AP) with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).