STATUS

Djibouti has signed but not yet ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

SIGNATURE

Mohamed Siad Doualeh, the permanent representative of Djibouti to the United Nations, signed the TPNW in
New York on 9 January 2023.

In October 2023, Djibouti announced that its ratification process for the treaty was under way.

Djibouti has described its decision to join the TPNW as part of its “commitment to peace and disarmament”,
and has called on all states that have not yet adhered to the treaty to do so.

Djibouti regards the TPNW as complementary to the 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty and 1996 Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.

UNIVERSALISATION

Djibouti has generally voted in favour of an annual UN General Assembly resolution since 2018 that calls
upon all states to sign, ratify, or accede to the TPNW “at the earliest possible date”. (In 2021, it abstained
from voting on the resolution, possibly in error.)

Djibouti has also utilised the UN Human Rights Council’s universal periodic review process to encourage
other states to join the TPNW.

TPNW NEGOTIATIONS

Djibouti 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.

BEFORE THE NEGOTIATIONS

In 2016, Djibouti voted in favour of 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”.

Djibouti was also 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.
Marking the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons on 26 September
2022, the African Group in the UN, of which Djibouti is a member, recalled the entry into force of
the ‘landmark’ TPNW and reaffirmed its ‘full support’ for the declaration and action plan adopted
at the Treaty's First Meeting of States Parties (1MSP). The African Group, moreover, urged ‘all
members of the international community, especially nuclear-weapon states and those under the
so-called nuclear umbrella, to seize the opportunity to sign and ratify the Treaty at an early date
and to pursue the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world’.

1. Is your country a signing party to the NPT, CTBT, or other non-proliferation resolutions

Yes. Djibouti has signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) but not yet ratified it.

2. Is your country in a NWFZ?

Yes. Djibouti is in membership with The African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone ( also known as The
Pelindaba Treaty )

3. What is your country's policy toward non-proliferation efforts in the world and in your region?

Djibouti calls on all countries and regions to move forward towards a world free of nuclear weapons and
will continue to support the various resolutions and in particular the resolution presented by the
Egyptian delegation for a Middle East free of nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction.

4. Does your country favour or oppose nuclear non-proliferation?

My country favors