Indonesia
Indonesia attended as an observer the First Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW (1MSP) in Vienna in June 2022, saying that ‘Indonesia is proud to join this notable day, to be part of the right side of history … Nuclear disarmament remains our shared highest priority.’ Referring to its process to ratify the TPNW, Indonesia also announced that it ‘has already established supportive laws and regulations to accommodate the Treaty into our national regulation system’.[1]
TPNW Status
| TPNW Article 1(1) prohibitions: Compliance in 2022 | ||
|---|---|---|
| (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 (2022) |
| Participated in 1MSP (2022) | Observer |
| 1MSP delegation size (% women) | 10 (20%) |
| 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 (Ratified 1979) |
| Ratified the CTBT | Yes (Ratified 2012, Annex 2 state) |
| Party to the BWC | Yes (Ratified 1992) |
| Party to the CWC | Yes (Ratified 1998) |
| IAEA safeguards and fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Safeguards agreement | Yes |
| 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
Marking the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons on 26 September 2022, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, Retno Marsudi, said: ‘Nuclear disarmament must remain a priority for all of us.’ Indonesia looked forward to seeing more signatories to the TPNW, she said. ‘Just like dinosaurs, nuclear weapons must only belong to the past.’2
In the First Committee of the UN General Assembly in October 2022, Indonesia said: ‘In achieving nuclear disarmament, we shall aim for the universalisation of the [TPNW].’3 It also highlighted the successful convening of the 1MSP, noting that ‘This success offered hope in the nuclear disarmament landscape.’4
Indonesia was one of the co-sponsors for the 2022 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.'5
Recommendations
- Indonesia should urgently ratify the TPNW.