DISARMAMENT · XXVI-9

Ghana and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Ghana became bound on 2025-09-26, by ratification, the 57th state to do so.

Treaty

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

State

Ghana

Signed

2017-09-20

Became bound

2025-09-26 — by ratification

Between the two

2,928 days (8.0 years)

Treaty in force since

22 January 2021, in accordance with article 15.

Depositary record

United Nations Treaty Collection

Where this sits

• 57 in order of becoming party
• 75 states bound in total
• New treaty adopted

Order is by the date the depositary records, and states that became bound on the same day share a position — eleven states became party to the Charter on 24 October 1945 and none of them was eleventh.

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