BASIC FACTS

The Kingdom of Thailand is located in the Southeastern part of Asia. Thailand is considered an upper-middle-income country by World Bank since 2011. Historically, among states in Southeast Asia, Thailand is the only country that has never been colonized. The system of constitutional monarchy was established after the 1932 revolution. The kingdom’s name was officially changed from Siam in 1939.  Thailand recently gone through a most recent national election in 2023.  

Capital: Bangkok

Thailand was one of the Southeast Asia regional leaders regarding research in nuclear energy and had debuted a research reactor, with U.S. assistant, back in early 1960s. The country is currently operating the Thai Research Reactor 1/modification 1 (TRR-1/M1) for purposes such as educational training and radioisotope production. There is no nuclear power plant in Thailand. Additionally, A 45 kW research reactor (SUT MNSR) development project of Suranaree University of Technology is under the process of Construction in 2024-2025. 

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• IAEA Membership (1957)
• Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (Bangkok Treaty) (1997)
• Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (BTWC) (1975)
• Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) (1987)
• Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (CWC) (1997)
• Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare (Geneva Protocol) (1928)
• International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) (2007)
• Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) (1970)
• Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water (Partial Test Ban Treaty) (1963)
• Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof (Sea-Bed Treaty) (1972)
• Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) (2014)
• The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) (2010)
• Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW) (1983)
• Treaty on Open Skies (2002)
• Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (Outer Space Treaty) (1967)
• Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) (ratified-2018)
• Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) (signed-2017)

REGIONAL GROUPS

• Founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
• Member of G-77
• Member of the East Asia Summit

        AGREEMENTS (In Force)

• Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the IAEA (1962)
• Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (2018)
• Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (2018)
• Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident (1989)
• Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency (1989)
• Convention on Nuclear Safety (2018)
• Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management (2018)
• Revised Supplementary Agreements Concerning the Provision of Technical Assistance by the IAEA (1980)
• Regional Co-operative Agreement for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology, 2017 (2017)
• Application of safeguards in connection with the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1974)
• Protocol Additional to the Agreement between the Kingdom of Thailand and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in Connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (2017)

LINKS

Thailand – The World Factbook (cia.gov) 

Thailand Office of Atoms for Peace

Permanent Mission of Thailand to the United Nations

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament