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Guinea-Bissau
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has joined the TPNW
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SIGNED
26 September 2018 |
RATIFIED
15 December 2021 |
IN FORCE
15 March 2022 |
Status
Guinea-Bissau has signed and ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), and has been legally bound by it since 15 March 2022.
Signature and ratification
João Ribeiro Butiam Có, the then-minister of foreign affairs of Guinea-Bissau, signed the TPNW at a high-level ceremony in New York on 26 September 2018.
The National People’s Assembly of Guinea-Bissau approved ratification of the TPNW on 8 June 2021, and Guinea-Bissau deposited its instrument of ratification with the UN secretary-general on 15 December 2021.
On the occasion of the ratification, the minister of foreign affairs of Guinea-Bissau, Suzi Barbosa, said: “The ratification of the [TPNW] constitutes the last and important step towards the unequivocal affirmation of Guinea-Bissau’s commitment to a world free of nuclear weapons.”
Guinea-Bissau was the 58th state to ratify or accede to the TPNW.
João Ribeiro Butiam Có, the then-minister of foreign affairs of Guinea-Bissau, signs the TPNW in 2018. Photo: UNOLA
Implementation
In accordance with Article 2 of the TPNW, Guinea-Bissau submitted a declaration to the UN secretary-general on 23 February 2022 confirming that it does not own, possess, or control nuclear weapons, has never done so, and does not host any other state’s nuclear weapons on its territory.
Per Article 12, Guinea-Bissau has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by co-sponsoring and 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”.
Guinea-Bissau addresses a regional seminar on the universalisation of the TPNW in Pretoria, South Africa, in 2023. Photo: ICAN
Meetings of states parties
Guinea-Bissau participated in the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW, held in Vienna in June 2022.
TPNW negotiations
While Guinea-Bissau did not formally participate in the negotiation of the TPNW at the United Nations in New York in 2017, it was among 122 states that voted in favour of its adoption.
In 2016, Guinea-Bissau 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
Guinea-Bissau 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.
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Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has joined the TPNW
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SIGNED
26 September 2018 |
RATIFIED
15 December 2021 |
IN FORCE
15 March 2022 |
Status
Guinea-Bissau has signed and ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), and has been legally bound by it since 15 March 2022.
Signature and ratification
João Ribeiro Butiam Có, the then-minister of foreign affairs of Guinea-Bissau, signed the TPNW at a high-level ceremony in New York on 26 September 2018.
The National People’s Assembly of Guinea-Bissau approved ratification of the TPNW on 8 June 2021, and Guinea-Bissau deposited its instrument of ratification with the UN secretary-general on 15 December 2021.
On the occasion of the ratification, the minister of foreign affairs of Guinea-Bissau, Suzi Barbosa, said: “The ratification of the [TPNW] constitutes the last and important step towards the unequivocal affirmation of Guinea-Bissau’s commitment to a world free of nuclear weapons.”
Guinea-Bissau was the 58th state to ratify or accede to the TPNW.
João Ribeiro Butiam Có, the then-minister of foreign affairs of Guinea-Bissau, signs the TPNW in 2018. Photo: UNOLA
Implementation
In accordance with Article 2 of the TPNW, Guinea-Bissau submitted a declaration to the UN secretary-general on 23 February 2022 confirming that it does not own, possess, or control nuclear weapons, has never done so, and does not host any other state’s nuclear weapons on its territory.
Per Article 12, Guinea-Bissau has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by co-sponsoring and 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”.
Guinea-Bissau addresses a regional seminar on the universalisation of the TPNW in Pretoria, South Africa, in 2023. Photo: ICAN
Meetings of states parties
Guinea-Bissau participated in the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW, held in Vienna in June 2022.
TPNW negotiations
While Guinea-Bissau did not formally participate in the negotiation of the TPNW at the United Nations in New York in 2017, it was among 122 states that voted in favour of its adoption.
In 2016, Guinea-Bissau 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
Guinea-Bissau 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.
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