Mongolia
Speaking at the First Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW (1MSP) in Vienna in June 2022, Mongolia urged ‘all the states to accede to this significant Treaty, which will forge a new momentum toward achieving a world free of nuclear weapons’.[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 (2023) |
| Participated in 1MSP (2022) | Yes |
| 1MSP delegation size (% women) | 3 (33%) |
| 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 (Declared 1992, unilateral) |
| Party to the NPT | Yes (Ratified 1969) |
| Ratified the CTBT | Yes (Ratified 1997) |
| Party to the BWC | Yes (Ratified 1972) |
| Party to the CWC | Yes (Ratified 1995) |
| IAEA safeguards and fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Safeguards agreement | Yes (5 Sep 1972) |
| TPNW Art 3(2) deadline | N/A |
| Small Quantities Protocol | Yes (Original) |
| Additional Protocol | Yes |
| Enrichment facilities/reprocessing plants | No |
| HEU stocks | No |
| Plutonium stocks | No |
Latest developments
In a closing statement to the Tenth Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in August 2022, Mongolia and 64 other TPNW supporters urged ‘all states committed to attain and maintain a world without nuclear weapons to join the TPNW without delay’.2
In the First Committee of the UN General Assembly in October 2022, Mongolia described the TPNW as ‘instrumental in achieving the objectives of the total elimination of nuclear weapons’ and hailed its entry into force in 2021 as ‘a milestone in the international efforts in banning these weapons’. It also welcomed the adoption by consensus of a declaration and action plan at the 1MSP, and said: ‘We are confident that these documents will enhance the implementation of the Treaty’s objective of achieving a total elimination of nuclear weapons’.3
Mongolia 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.'4
Recommendations
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Mongolia should continue to encourage other states to adhere to the TPNW.
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Mongolia should ensure that all the TPNW obligations are implemented domestically, through legal, administrative, and other necessary measures.
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Mongolia should upgrade to a Modified Small Quantities Protocol with the IAEA.