BASIC FACTS

The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste is a group of islands located near Southeast Asia, closest to the continent of Australia.  Timor-Leste is a semi-presidential republic that declared its independence in 2002,  becoming the first new sovereign state of the 21st century. 

Capital: Dili

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

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) since 2003
• Acceded to Anti-Personnel Mine Ban convention in 2003
• Acceded to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 2003
• Acceded to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 2003
• Signed Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 2008
• Signed International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) in 2005
• Acceded to the Treaty for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 2003
• Signed Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in 2018

REGIONAL GROUPS

• Member of the Asia-Pacific Group
• Member of G-77

LINKS

Government of Timor-Leste

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament