States Parties
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste ratified the TPNW on 20 June 2022, on the eve of the Treaty's First Meeting of States Parties.
SIGNATURE
26 Sep 2018
DEPOSIT WITH UNSG
20 Jun 2022 (Ratification)
ENTRY INTO FORCE
18 Sep 2022
DECLARATION
Deadline 18 Oct 2022
| TPNW Article 1(1) prohibitions: Compliance in 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|
| (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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 | 100% |
| Vote on adoption of treaty text | Voted yes |
| Adoption of TPNW (7 July 2017) | Voted yes |
| IAEA safeguards and fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Safeguards Agreement | No (Signed 2009) |
| TPNW Art 3(2) deadline | 18 Mar 2024 |
| Small Quantities Protocol | No (Signed 2009) |
| Additional Protocol | No (Signed 2009) |
| Fissile material production facilities | No |
| Highly enriched uranium stocks | No |
| Plutonium stocks (mil/civ) | No/No |
| Related treaties and regimes | |
|---|---|
| Party to the BWC | Yes |
| Party to the CWC | Yes |
| Party to the PTBT | No |
| Ratified the CTBT | Yes |
| Party to the NPT | Yes |
| Party to a NWFZ | No |
| Member of the CD | No |
Latest developments
In First Committee of the 2021 UN General Assembly, Timor-Leste described the TPNW as 'an important international humanitarian norm for our common security, protection of human life, and peace in the world', and hailed its entry into force as 'an extraordinary achievement and a step towards the eventual elimination of nuclear weapons'.1
Recommendations
- Timor-Leste should urgently ratify the TPNW.
- Timor-Leste should ensure that all the TPNW obligations are implemented domestically, through legal, administrative, and other necessary measures.
- Timor-Leste should bring into force its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement and Additional Protocol with the IAEA.
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