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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons canonical	3
Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty	1
TPNW	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T568584 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Context triple: [Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, supportsTreaty, Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons]

A. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is a landmark international agreement aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons, promoting peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and advancing nuclear disarmament.
B. Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty is a 1963 international agreement that prohibited nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere, outer space, and underwater, marking a key step in Cold War arms control and nuclear nonproliferation efforts.
C. Statute of the IAEA
The Statute of the IAEA is the founding international treaty that establishes the International Atomic Energy Agency’s mandate, structure, and functions in promoting peaceful uses of nuclear energy and safeguarding against nuclear proliferation.
D. Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was a 1972 arms control agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union that limited missile defense systems to preserve the balance of nuclear deterrence during the Cold War.
E. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 is a U.S. law that strengthened controls on nuclear exports and promoted international safeguards to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons while supporting peaceful nuclear cooperation.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Target entity description: 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.

A. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is a landmark international agreement aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons, promoting peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and advancing nuclear disarmament.
B. Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty is a 1963 international agreement that prohibited nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere, outer space, and underwater, marking a key step in Cold War arms control and nuclear nonproliferation efforts.
C. Statute of the IAEA
The Statute of the IAEA is the founding international treaty that establishes the International Atomic Energy Agency’s mandate, structure, and functions in promoting peaceful uses of nuclear energy and safeguarding against nuclear proliferation.
D. Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was a 1972 arms control agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union that limited missile defense systems to preserve the balance of nuclear deterrence during the Cold War.
E. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 is a U.S. law that strengthened controls on nuclear exports and promoted international safeguards to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons while supporting peaceful nuclear cooperation.
F. None of above. chosen

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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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

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

subject surface form: Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

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

this entity surface form: TPNW

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

this entity surface form: Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty

A/RES/71/258 → establishesMandateFor → Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons ⓘ

A/RES/71/258 → relatedTo → Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons ⓘ

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