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Ethiopia

Ethiopia voted in favour of adopting the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) at the UN Diplomatic Conference in 2017 and has consistently voted in favour of the annual UN General Assembly resolutions on the TPNW, including in 2024. Ethiopia maintains policies and practices that are compatible with all of the prohibitions in Article 1 of the TPNW, and can therefore sign and ratify or accede to the Treaty without the need for a change in conduct.

TPNW Status

SIGNATURE
DEPOSIT WITH UNSG
ENTRY INTO FORCE
DECLARATION
TPNW Article 1(1) prohibitions: compatibility in 2024
(a) Develop, produce, manufacture, acquire Compatible
Test Compatible
Possess or stockpile Compatible
(b) Transfer Compatible
(c) Receive transfer or control Compatible
(d) Use Compatible
Threaten to use Compatible
(e) Assist, encourage or induce Compatible
(f) Seek or receive assistance Compatible
(g) Allow stationing, installation, deployment Compatible
TPNW voting and participation
UNGA resolution on TPNW (latest vote) Voted yes (2024)
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 2008, Pelindaba)
Party to the NPT Yes (Ratified 1970)
Ratified the CTBT Yes (Ratified 2006)
Party to the BWC Yes (Ratified 1975)
Party to the CWC Yes (Ratified 1996)
IAEA safeguards and fissile material
Safeguards agreement Yes (In force 1977)
TPNW Art 3(2) deadline N/A
Small Quantities Protocol Yes (Modified)
Additional Protocol Yes (In force 2019)
Enrichment facilities/reprocessing plants No
HEU stocks No
Plutonium stocks No

Latest developments

At the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Preparatory Committee session in July 2024, Ethiopia underscored its commitment ‘to the principles and objectives of nuclear disarmament’ and pledged to ‘continue to play a constructive role towards ensuring a world free of nuclear weapons’. It described nuclear disarmament as ‘the utmost prerequisite for the maintenance of international peace and security’.1

In the First Committee of the UN General Assembly in October 2024, Ethiopia said that ‘there is little doubt that any delay in the attainment of nuclear disarmament goals exacerbates the pressing security and development challenges we are facing today’. It expressed regret at the continued impasse among nuclear-armed states in efforts to eliminate their nuclear forces.2

Ethiopia participated in the African Conference on the Universalisation and Implementation of the TPNW in its capital, Addis Ababa, in September 2024.3

Recommendations

  • Ethiopia should urgently adhere to the TPNW.

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