Signatories
Madagascar
In 2021, Madagascar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Defence, along with the national institute on nuclear issues, prepared a ratification memorandum for the TPNW. Approval by the Council of Ministers and Parliament is still pending.
SIGNATURE
20 Sep 2017
DEPOSIT WITH UNSG
ENTRY INTO FORCE
DECLARATION
TPNW Article 1(1) prohibitions: Compliance in 2021 | ||
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(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 | |
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2021 UNGA resolution on TPNW | Voted yes |
2020 UNGA resolution on TPNW | Voted yes |
2019 UNGA resolution on TPNW | Voted yes |
2018 UNGA resolution on TPNW | Voted yes |
Participated in TPNW negotiations | Yes |
Share of women in TPNW negotiations | 33% |
Vote on adoption of treaty text | Voted yes |
Adoption of TPNW (7 July 2017) | Voted yes |
IAEA safeguards and fissile material | |
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Safeguards Agreement | Yes |
TPNW Art 3(2) deadline | N/A |
Small Quantities Protocol | Yes (Modified) |
Additional Protocol | Yes |
Fissile material production facilities | No |
Highly enriched uranium stocks | No |
Plutonium stocks (mil/civ) | No/No |
Related treaties and regimes | |
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Party to the BWC | Yes |
Party to the CWC | Yes |
Party to the PTBT | Yes |
Ratified the CTBT | Yes |
Party to the NPT | Yes |
Party to a NWFZ | Yes (Pelindaba) |
Member of the CD | No |
Latest developments
In First Committee of the 2021 UN General Assembly, Madagascar stated: "Nuclear weapons are still today, and rightly so, the first threat to humanity. Madagascar supports efforts in favor of any progress in the context of disarmament and non-proliferation in the nuclear field".1
Recommendations
- Madagascar should urgently ratify the TPNW.
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