France ratified the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism in 2013. Since 2005, France has submitted a biennial resolution to the UN General Assembly entitled ‘Preventing the acquisition by terrorists of radioactive materials and sources’ (with Germany) and co-sponsored the Indian resolution entitled “Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction’. In December 2018, the European Union adopted COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2018/1939 for the support for the universalization and effective implementation of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. This Council Decision supports the UNODC and UNOCT to conduct outreach missions in order to increase the number of states parties to the ICSANT and to improve its implementation.
In 2024, France co-sponsored a biennial resolution to the UN General Assembly entitled ‘Preventing the acquisition by terrorists of radioactive materials and sources’ (with Germany) and co-sponsored the Indian resolution entitled “Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction’. In 2023, the European Union adopted COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2023/1187 for the support for the universalization and effective implementation of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. This Council Decision supports the UNODC and UNOCT to conduct outreach missions in order to increase the number of states parties to the ICSANT and to improve its implementation.
As part of the G7, France has also called for the universalization of ICSANT (2024).
Nuclear safety and security, https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/security-disarmament-and-non-proliferation/disarmament-and-non-proliferation/treaty-on-the-non-proliferation-of-nuclear-weapons/peaceful-uses-of-nuclear-energy/article/nuclear-safety-and-security
General and complete disarmament Report of the First Committee, UNGA, A/79/408, 15 November 2024, https://docs.un.org/en/A/79/408
Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1939 of 10 December 2018 on Union support for the universalisation and effective implementation of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, Official Journal of the European Union, L314/41, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec/2018/1939/oj/eng
COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2023/1187 of 19 June 2023, on Union support for the universalisation and effective implementation of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/1187/oj/eng
Statement of the G7 Non-Proliferation Directors Group, April 18, 2024, https://g7.utoronto.ca/summit/2024apulia/240418-nonproliferation-directors-group.html
International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly following an initiative led by Russia. Russia was the first nuclear-weapon State to sign the Convention and ratified it in 2007.
Russia has not communicated on further implementation of this action in the current review cycle.
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ‘Adoption by Russian Federation State Duma of a Law on Ratification of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism’. 21 September 2006
https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1618709/?lang=en
Statement by Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov Regarding Adoption of International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. 2 April 2005
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/international_safety/1706402/
The UK ratified the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) in 2009.
The UK has continued to call on all states that have not yet done so to ratify ICSANT and to implement its provisions fully, as part of its broader approach to strengthening the international nuclear security framework.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (2026). National report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland pursuant to actions 5, 20 and 21 of the action plan of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons for the eleventh Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty. <https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69df600a53469bbcdf408e8b/UK-National-Report-11th-Treaty-on-the-Non-Proliferation-of-Nuclear-Weapons-NPT-Review-Conference.pdf
The United States signed the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism on September 14, 2005; U.S. ratification was deposited on September 30, 2015; and the Convention entered into force for the United States on October 30, 2015.
The Convention entered into force for the United States prior to the current Review Cycle.
U.S. Department of State. “Multilateral (15-1030) – International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism.” Office of Treaty Affairs. October 30, 2015. https://www.state.gov/15-1030/.