Colombia
Following the inauguration of Gustavo Petro as President of Colombia on 7 August 2022, the government began preparing a bill to be submitted to the Congress which, once enacted, would enable Colombia’s ratification of the TPNW.
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) | No |
| 2MSP delegation size (% women) | N/A |
| 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 1972, Tlatelolco) |
| Party to the NPT | Yes (Ratified 1986) |
| Ratified the CTBT | Yes (Ratified 2008, Annex 2 state) |
| Party to the BWC | Yes (Ratified 1983) |
| Party to the CWC | Yes (Ratified 2000) |
| IAEA safeguards and fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Safeguards agreement | Yes (22 Dec 1982) |
| TPNW Art 3(2) deadline | N/A |
| Small Quantities Protocol | No |
| Additional Protocol | Yes |
| Enrichment facilities/reprocessing plants | No |
| HEU stocks | Cleared |
| Plutonium stocks | No |
Latest developments
In a statement marking the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons on 26 September 2023, Colombia expressed deep concern about ‘the hardening of rhetoric about the importance of these weapons’ and said that ‘the presumption that nuclear weapons provide security is a fallacy challenged by their humanitarian impact’.1
In the First Committee of the UN General Assembly in October 2023, Colombia said: ‘The scientific evidence on the catastrophic humanitarian and environmental consequences of nuclear weapons confirms the urgent need for general and complete disarmament, and the banning of this type of weapons.’2
Recommendations
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Colombia should urgently ratify the TPNW.