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Burkina Faso
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has signed the TPNW
Has not yet ratified the TPNW
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SIGNED
22 September 2022 |
RATIFIED
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IN FORCE
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Status
Burkina Faso has signed but not yet ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
Signature
Olivia Ragnaghnewendé Rouamba, the then-minister of foreign affairs and regional cooperation of Burkina Faso, signed the TPNW at a high-level ceremony in New York on 22 September 2022.
In a speech at the United Nations the same week, she said that nuclear weapons “constitute a threat to the survival of all humanity because of their humanitarian consequences”.
Later that year, she advised ICAN that Burkina Faso would “take the necessary steps in connection with the ratification of the [TPNW] in accordance with its commitment to building a peaceful, secure and prosperous world free of all nuclear weapons”.
Olivia Ragnaghnewendé Rouamba, the then-minister of foreign affairs of Burkina Faso, signs the TPNW in 2022. Photo: Darren Ornitz
National position
Burkina Faso hailed the TPNW’s entry into force in 2021 as “a great victory for all the peoples of the world and a very significant event in the history of humanity”.
In 2023, it said that the TPNW complements earlier treaties on nuclear disarmament, including the Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968, and “strengthens the global norm against nuclear weapons”.
Universalisation
Burkina Faso has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by co-sponsoring consistently voting in favour of an annual UN General Assembly resolution since 2018 that calls upon all states to sign, ratify, or accede to the treaty “at the earliest possible date”.
In 2023, Burkina Faso urged all states to sign and ratify the TPNW “to universalise what we consider to be common sense for our world”. It also called for intensified diplomatic efforts to negotiate a world free of “these terrifying weapons of mass destruction” and remarked that the TPNW “offers hope for a more secure future”.
Campaigners hold a meeting in the capital, Ouagadougou, in 2021 to promote Burkina Faso’s adherence to the TPNW. Photo: WILPF Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso addresses a regional seminar on the universalisation of the TPNW in Pretoria, South Africa, in 2023. Photo: ICAN
Meetings of states parties
Burkina Faso observed the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW in 2022. “Burkina Faso’s support for the TPNW is unwavering,” it said. “We commit ourselves to make all necessary steps to join it as soon as possible.”
It also observed the second meeting of states parties in 2023. “Although [Burkina Faso] has not yet ratified the treaty, we firmly believe in its objectives and spirit,” it said. “In Africa, we know all too well the devastating humanitarian costs of conflicts and wars. Nuclear weapons open the door to unprecedented destruction that would eclipse anything seen before.”
TPNW negotiations
Burkina Faso it participated in the negotiation of the TPNW at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and was among 122 states that voted in favour of its adoption.
In 2016, Burkina Faso voted in favour of the UN General Assembly resolution that established the formal mandate for states to commence negotiations on “a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination”.
Before the negotiations
Burkina Faso was among 127 states that endorsed a “humanitarian pledge” in 2015–16 to cooperate “in efforts to stigmatise, prohibit, and eliminate nuclear weapons”. The pledge was instrumental in building momentum and support for convening the TPNW negotiations.
Further information
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has signed the TPNW
Has not yet ratified the TPNW
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SIGNED
22 September 2022 |
RATIFIED
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IN FORCE
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Status
Burkina Faso has signed but not yet ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
Signature
Olivia Ragnaghnewendé Rouamba, the then-minister of foreign affairs and regional cooperation of Burkina Faso, signed the TPNW at a high-level ceremony in New York on 22 September 2022.
In a speech at the United Nations the same week, she said that nuclear weapons “constitute a threat to the survival of all humanity because of their humanitarian consequences”.
Later that year, she advised ICAN that Burkina Faso would “take the necessary steps in connection with the ratification of the [TPNW] in accordance with its commitment to building a peaceful, secure and prosperous world free of all nuclear weapons”.
Olivia Ragnaghnewendé Rouamba, the then-minister of foreign affairs of Burkina Faso, signs the TPNW in 2022. Photo: Darren Ornitz
National position
Burkina Faso hailed the TPNW’s entry into force in 2021 as “a great victory for all the peoples of the world and a very significant event in the history of humanity”.
In 2023, it said that the TPNW complements earlier treaties on nuclear disarmament, including the Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968, and “strengthens the global norm against nuclear weapons”.
Universalisation
Burkina Faso has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by co-sponsoring consistently voting in favour of an annual UN General Assembly resolution since 2018 that calls upon all states to sign, ratify, or accede to the treaty “at the earliest possible date”.
In 2023, Burkina Faso urged all states to sign and ratify the TPNW “to universalise what we consider to be common sense for our world”. It also called for intensified diplomatic efforts to negotiate a world free of “these terrifying weapons of mass destruction” and remarked that the TPNW “offers hope for a more secure future”.
Campaigners hold a meeting in the capital, Ouagadougou, in 2021 to promote Burkina Faso’s adherence to the TPNW. Photo: WILPF Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso addresses a regional seminar on the universalisation of the TPNW in Pretoria, South Africa, in 2023. Photo: ICAN
Meetings of states parties
Burkina Faso observed the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW in 2022. “Burkina Faso’s support for the TPNW is unwavering,” it said. “We commit ourselves to make all necessary steps to join it as soon as possible.”
It also observed the second meeting of states parties in 2023. “Although [Burkina Faso] has not yet ratified the treaty, we firmly believe in its objectives and spirit,” it said. “In Africa, we know all too well the devastating humanitarian costs of conflicts and wars. Nuclear weapons open the door to unprecedented destruction that would eclipse anything seen before.”
TPNW negotiations
Burkina Faso it participated in the negotiation of the TPNW at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and was among 122 states that voted in favour of its adoption.
In 2016, Burkina Faso voted in favour of the UN General Assembly resolution that established the formal mandate for states to commence negotiations on “a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination”.
Before the negotiations
Burkina Faso was among 127 states that endorsed a “humanitarian pledge” in 2015–16 to cooperate “in efforts to stigmatise, prohibit, and eliminate nuclear weapons”. The pledge was instrumental in building momentum and support for convening the TPNW negotiations.
Further information
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