Cambodia
In a statement marking the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons on 26 September 2023, Cambodia said that the TPNW ‘reinforces the existing legal framework provided by the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) with its explicit objective of prohibiting possession, development, testing, use and threats to use nuclear weapons’.[1]
TPNW Status
| TPNW Article 1(1) prohibitions: Compliance in 2023 | ||
|---|---|---|
| (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 (2023) |
| Participated in 2MSP (2023) | Yes |
| 2MSP delegation size (% women) | 3 (33%) |
| 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 1997, Bangkok) |
| Party to the NPT | Yes (Acceded 1972) |
| Ratified the CTBT | Yes (Ratified 2000) |
| Party to the BWC | Yes (Ratified 1983) |
| Party to the CWC | Yes (Ratified 2005) |
| IAEA safeguards and fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Safeguards agreement | Yes (17 Dec 1999) |
| TPNW Art 3(2) deadline | N/A |
| Small Quantities Protocol | Yes (Modified) |
| Additional Protocol | Yes |
| Enrichment facilities/reprocessing plants | No |
| HEU stocks | No |
| Plutonium stocks | No |
Latest developments
It also noted ‘the progress made towards the common aspirations of a world without nuclear weapons’ during the First Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW in 2022, with the adoption of a political declaration and action plan. Brunei observed the Second Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW (2MSP) in November and December 2023 but did not make a statement.
Recommendations
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Cambodia should continue to encourage other states to adhere to the TPNW.
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Cambodia should ensure that all the TPNW obligations are implemented domestically, through legal, administrative, and other necessary measures.