Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

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United Nations treaty multilateral treaty nuclear weapons ban treaty

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is a United Nations-adopted international agreement that comprehensively bans nuclear weapons with the aim of achieving their total elimination.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty	1
TPNW	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations treaty ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ nuclear weapons ban treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations ⓘ United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate	2017-07-07 ⓘ
adoptionMethod	United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ surface form: UN General Assembly resolution
adoptionPlace	New York City ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons ⓘ surface form: Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty
contains	international cooperation and assistance provisions ⓘ provisions on environmental remediation of contaminated areas ⓘ provisions on victim assistance ⓘ
depositary	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForceDate	2021-01-22 ⓘ
field	international humanitarian law ⓘ nuclear disarmament ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
mainObjective	prohibition of nuclear weapons ⓘ total elimination of nuclear weapons ⓘ
negotiatedPursuantTo	UN General Assembly resolution 71/258 ⓘ
negotiationChair	Elayne Whyte Gómez ⓘ
negotiationEndDate	2017-07-07 ⓘ
negotiationStartDate	2017-03-27 ⓘ
negotiationVenue	United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
openedForSignatureDate	2017-09-20 ⓘ
openedForSignaturePlace	New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
preambleEmphasizes	catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons ⓘ
preambleRecognizes	disproportionate impact of nuclear weapons on women and girls ⓘ rights of victims of nuclear weapons use and testing ⓘ
prohibits	acquisition of nuclear weapons ⓘ assistance with prohibited nuclear weapon activities ⓘ deployment of nuclear weapons ⓘ development of nuclear weapons ⓘ encouragement of prohibited nuclear weapon activities ⓘ inducement of prohibited nuclear weapon activities ⓘ manufacture of nuclear weapons ⓘ possession of nuclear weapons ⓘ production of nuclear weapons ⓘ stationing of nuclear weapons ⓘ stockpiling of nuclear weapons ⓘ testing of nuclear weapons ⓘ threat of use of nuclear weapons ⓘ transfer of nuclear weapons ⓘ use of nuclear weapons ⓘ
relatedTo	Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty ⓘ Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ⓘ surface form: Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
requires	destruction of nuclear weapon programmes of States Parties that possess nuclear weapons ⓘ removal of nuclear weapons stationed on the territory of States Parties ⓘ
shortName	Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: TPNW
UNResolutionNumber	A/RES/71/258 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons → alsoKnownAs → Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons → shortName → Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: TPNW

CND → supportsTreaty → Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons ⓘ

subject surface form: Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament