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Comoros

In the First Committee of the UN General Assembly in October 2023, Comoros said that it was ‘heartening to see that the number of TPNW signatories continues to increase’ and urged ‘all States to join this effort for a safer world’. ‘The doctrine of nuclear deterrence advocated by certain States is a false promise of security,’ it added. ‘It is based on the threat of the use of weapons of mass destruction – threats which, if carried out, would lead to unimaginable humanitarian and environmental consequences. Comoros condemns any threat or use of nuclear weapons and urges all States to reject this dangerous doctrine.’ [1]

TPNW Status

SIGNATURE
20 Sep 2017
DEPOSIT WITH UNSG
19 Feb 2021 (Ratification)
ENTRY INTO FORCE
20 May 2021
DECLARATION
Received 4 May 2021
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
1MSP delegation size (% women) 5 (20%)
Adoption of TPNW (7 July 2017) Did not vote
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 2012, Pelindaba)
Party to the NPT Yes (Acceded 1995)
Ratified the CTBT Yes (Ratified 2021)
Party to the BWC No
Party to the CWC Yes (Ratified 2006)
IAEA safeguards and fissile material
Safeguards agreement Yes (20 Jan 2009)
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

Comoros participated in the Second Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW (2MSP) in November and December 2023, where it emphasised the importance of universalising the TPNW. ‘We must organise, participate and support all efforts to promote accession to the Treaty,’ it said. ‘It is by unifying our voices and our actions that we can delegitimise, stigmatise and, ultimately, eliminate nuclear weapons.’2

Comoros was one of the co-sponsors for the 2023 UN General Assembly resolution on the TPNW, which 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’.3 In January 2023, it participated in an African regional seminar on universalisation of the TPNW in Pretoria, hosted by the South African foreign ministry.4

Recommendations

  • Comoros should continue to encourage other states to adhere to the TPNW.

  • Comoros should ensure that all the TPNW obligations are implemented domestically, through legal, administrative, and other necessary measures.

  • Comoros should adhere to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).

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