Cambodia
Cambodia ratified the TPNW on 22 January 2021, the day that the Treaty as a whole entered into force. The National Assembly and Senate had unanimously approved the ratification in November 2020.
| TPNW Article 1(1) prohibitions: Compliance in 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|
| (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 | |
|---|---|
| 2021 UNGA resolution on TPNW | Voted yes |
| 2020 UNGA resolution on TPNW | Voted yes |
| 2019 UNGA resolution on TPNW | Voted yes |
| 2018 UNGA resolution on TPNW | Voted yes |
| Participated in TPNW negotiations | Yes |
| Share of women in TPNW negotiations | 25% |
| Vote on adoption of treaty text | Voted yes |
| Adoption of TPNW (7 July 2017) | Voted yes |
| IAEA safeguards and fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Safeguards Agreement | Yes |
| TPNW Art 3(2) deadline | N/A |
| Small Quantities Protocol | Yes (Modified) |
| Additional Protocol | Yes |
| Fissile material production facilities | No |
| Highly enriched uranium stocks | No |
| Plutonium stocks (mil/civ) | No/No |
| Related treaties and regimes | |
|---|---|
| Party to the BWC | Yes |
| Party to the CWC | Yes |
| Party to the PTBT | No |
| Ratified the CTBT | Yes |
| Party to the NPT | Yes |
| Party to a NWFZ | Yes (Bangkok) |
| Member of the CD | No |
Latest developments
In a statement to the 2021 UN General Assembly's High-Level Plenary Meeting to Commemorate and Promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, the Minister Attached to the Prime Minister, Ouch Borith, said that Cambodia 'strongly support[s] the universalisation of this instrument to achieve the ultimate objective of a nuclear-weapons-free world and look[s] forward to the First Meeting of States Parties'.1 In the First Committee of the 2021 UN General Assembly, Cambodia again welcomed the TPNW's entry into force, adding: 'Through this first legally binding international agreement, we have made substantial progress toward our common objective of total elimination of nuclear weapons.' It said that Cambodia's ratification of the TPNW 'confirms the country's commitment to the nuclear disarmament endeavour'.2
Recommendations
- Cambodia should continue to encourage other states to adhere to the TPNW.
- Cambodia should ensure that all the TPNW obligations are implemented domestically, through legal, administrative, and other necessary measures.