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Burundi
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has not yet joined the TPNW
Status
Burundi has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Burundi has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by 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”.
Campaigners and government officials participate in a conference in Burundi in 2021 to celebrate the TPNW’s entry into force. Photo: CPD
ICAN representatives meet with Burundi’s ambassador in New York in 2022. Credit: ICAN
Meetings of states parties
Burundi attended as an observer the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW, held in Vienna in June 2022.
TPNW negotiations
Burundi 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, Burundi co-sponsored 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
Burundi 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 not yet joined the TPNW
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Status
Burundi has not yet signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
National position
Burundi has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by 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”.
Campaigners and government officials participate in a conference in Burundi in 2021 to celebrate the TPNW’s entry into force. Photo: CPD
ICAN representatives meet with Burundi’s ambassador in New York in 2022. Credit: ICAN
Meetings of states parties
Burundi attended as an observer the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW, held in Vienna in June 2022.
TPNW negotiations
Burundi 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, Burundi co-sponsored 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
Burundi 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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CEDAC
Alliance for the Observatory of Action on Armed Violence in Burundi
Colonie des Pionniers de Développement (CPD)
Terre des Jeunes du Burundi – Transnational
Women's Right to Education Programme
NDUWAMAHORO LE NON VIOLENT ACTIF
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CEDAC
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Alliance for the Observatory of Action on Armed Violence in Burundi
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Colonie des Pionniers de Développement (CPD)
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Terre des Jeunes du Burundi – Transnational
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Women's Right to Education Programme
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NDUWAMAHORO LE NON VIOLENT ACTIF