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The list of parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons encompasses the states which have signed and ratified or acceded to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, a multilateral treaty outlawing
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s. On 20 September 2017, the treaty was opened for signature. Following Article 15 of the treaty, it
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on 22 January 2021 after it had been ratified by 50 states. States that did not sign the treaty before then may only accede to it. A total of 197 states may become parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, including all 193 United Nations member states, the
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. As of 22 September 2022, 68 states have ratified or acceded to the treaty, most recently the
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States Parties

According to the treaties database maintained by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, as of 22 September 2022, the TPNW has 68 parties: 65 states have ratified it, and another 3 have acceded to it. ''* United Nations non-member observer states''


Signatory states

As of September 2022, the following 26 states have signed but not ratified the TPNW.


See also

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List of parties to the Biological Weapons Convention The list of parties to the Biological Weapons Convention encompasses the states which have signed and ratified or acceded to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), a multilateral treaty outlawing biological weapons. On 10 April 1972, the BWC w ...
* List of parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention *
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* List of parties to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty *
List of parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
*
List of parties to the Ottawa Treaty This is a list of states that have signed and ratified or acceded to the Ottawa Treaty (also known as the Mine Ban Treaty). The treaty, which outlaws anti-personnel mines, was opened for signature on December 3, 1997. Canada, Ireland, and Mauritiu ...
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List of parties to the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty The list of parties to the Partial Test Ban Treaty encompasses the states who have signed and ratified or acceded to the international agreement prohibiting all test detonations of nuclear weapons except underground. On August 5, 1963, the Par ...
* List of parties to weapons of mass destruction treaties


References

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