BASIC FACTS

The United Republic of Tanzania is located in the African Great Lakes region, bordered by Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Tanzania is a unitary presidential democratic republic that gained its independence in 1964.

Capital: Dar es Salaam

There are no nuclear power plants or research reactor facilities in Tanzania.

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) since 1964
• Member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 1976
• Acceded to 1925 Geneva Protocol in 1963
• Signed Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 1997
  • Ratified in 2000
• Signed Arms Trade Treaty in 2013
• Signed Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 1972
  • Ratified in 2019
• Signed Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1994
  • Ratified in 1998
• Signed & Ratified Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 2004
• Acceded to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials (CPPNM) in 2006
• Signed the Treaty of Pelindaba in 1996
  • Ratified in 1998
• Signed Convention on Cluster Munitions in 2008
• Signed Partial Test Ban Treaty in 1963
  • Ratified in 1964
• Signed Sea-bed Treaty in 1971
• Acceded to the Treaty for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1991
• Signed the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in 2019

REGIONAL GROUPS

• Member of G-77
• Member of the African Group

RECENT REPRESENTATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Member of the 1540 Committee in 2006/2007
• Non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in 2006/2007

LINKS

The United Republic of Tanzania Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament