Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d’Ivoire deposited its instrument of ratification for the TPNW with the UN Secretary-General on 23 March 2022, becoming the 60th state party. The Treaty entered into force for it on the opening day of the First Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW (1MSP) in Vienna in June 2022, where Côte d'Ivoire participated.
TPNW Status
| TPNW Article 1(1) prohibitions: Compliance in 2022 | ||
|---|---|---|
| (a) | Develop, produce, manufacture, acquire | Compliant |
| Test | Compliant | |
| Possess or stockpile | 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 (2022) |
| Participated in 1MSP (2022) | Yes |
| 1MSP delegation size (% women) | 4 (0%) |
| Adoption of TPNW (7 July 2017) | Voted yes |
| Participated in TPNW negotiations (2017) | Yes |
| Negotiation mandate (A/RES/71/258) | Voted yes |
| Other weapons of mass destruction (WMD) treaties | |
|---|---|
| Party to an NWFZ | Yes (Ratified 1999, Pelindaba) |
| Party to the NPT | Yes (Ratified 1973) |
| Ratified the CTBT | Yes (Ratified 2003) |
| Party to the BWC | Yes (Ratified 2016) |
| Party to the CWC | Yes (Ratified 1995) |
| IAEA safeguards and fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Safeguards agreement | Yes |
| TPNW Art 3(2) deadline | N/A |
| Small Quantities Protocol | No |
| Additional Protocol | Yes |
| Enrichment facilities/reprocessing plants | No |
| HEU stocks | No |
| Plutonium stocks | No |
Latest developments
At the Tenth Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in August 2022, Côte d’Ivoire called for ‘universal adherence’ to the TPNW and welcomed the successful convening of the 1MSP, including ‘the adoption of an ambitious action plan for the total elimination of nuclear weapons’.1
Marking the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons on 26 September 2022, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Côte d’Ivoire, Kandia Camara, said that ‘the most immediate and sure way towards a tangible and irreversible elimination of nuclear weapons remains, without question, the [TPNW] and its universalisation’. ‘The success of the First Meeting of States Parties, last June, remains one of the rare reasons for satisfaction, in terms of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, recorded during this year … My delegation would therefore like to launch a strong appeal to all states which have not yet done so to accede to this Treaty without delay, in particular the states possessing nuclear weapons,’ said the Minister.2
In the First Committee of the UN General Assembly in October 2022, Côte d'Ivoire said that, as one of the first states to sign the TPNW in 2017, it ‘is honoured to actively contribute to the promotion of its universalisation and its implementation’.3
Recommendations
- Côte d’Ivoire should continue to encourage other states to adhere to the TPNW.