Somalia
Somalia participated in the TPNW negotiations in 2017, but did not cast a vote on the adoption of the Treaty. Somalia 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. In 2021, 2022, and 2023 Somalia voted in favour of the annual UN General Assembly resolution on the TPNW. In the previous years, it had not cast a vote. In 2023, Somalia signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
TPNW Status
| TPNW Article 1(1) prohibitions: Compatibility in 2023 | ||
|---|---|---|
| (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 (2023) |
| Participated in 2MSP (2023) | No |
| 1MSP delegation size (% women) | N/A |
| Adoption of TPNW (7 July 2017) | Did not vote |
| Participated in TPNW negotiations (2017) | Yes |
| Negotiation mandate (A/RES/71/258) | Did not vote |
| Other weapons of mass destruction (WMD) treaties | |
|---|---|
| Party to an NWFZ | No (Signed 2006, Pelindaba) |
| Party to the NPT | Yes (Ratified 1970) |
| Ratified the CTBT | No (Signed 2023) |
| Party to the BWC | No (Signed 1972) |
| Party to the CWC | Yes (Acceded 2013) |
| IAEA safeguards and fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Safeguards agreement | No |
| TPNW Art 3(2) deadline | N/A |
| Small Quantities Protocol | No |
| Additional Protocol | No |
| Enrichment facilities/reprocessing plants | No |
| HEU stocks | No |
| Plutonium stocks | No |
Latest developments
In January 2023, Somalia participated in an African regional seminar on universalisation of the TPNW in Pretoria, hosted by the South African foreign ministry.1
Somalia promoted adherence to the TPNW as part of the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review in 2023.
Recommendations
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Somalia should urgently adhere to the TPNW.
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Somalia should ratify the Pelindaba NWFZ Treaty, which it signed in 2006.
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Somalia should conclude and bring into force a Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement and an Additional Protocol with the IAEA.
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Somalia should also ratify the CTBT and the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).