Country Profile: Togo

BASIC FACTS

The Togolese Republic is a West African country bordered by Ghana, Benin, and Burkina Faso. Togo is particularly active in West African regional affairs, the African Union, and has positive relationships with its surrounding neighbors. Togo is a presidential republic that gained its independence in 1960.

Capital: Lomé

There are no nuclear power plants or research reactors in Togo.

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) since 1964
Member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 2012
Acceded to 1925 Geneva Protocol in 1971
Signed Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 1997
- Ratified in 2000
Signed Arms Trade Treaty in 2013
- Ratified in 2015
Signed Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 1972
- Ratified in 1976
Signed Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1993
- Ratified in 1997
Signed Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996
- Ratified in 2004
Signed Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in 1981
Signed Convention on Cluster Munitions in 2008
- Ratified in 2012
Signed Outer Space Treaty in 1967
- Ratified in 1989
Signed Partial Test Ban Treaty in 1963
- Ratified in 1964
Signed & Ratified Sea-bed Treaty in 1971
Acceded to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials (CPPNM) in 2006
Signed International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of International Terrorism (ICSANT) in 2005
Signed the Treaty of Pelindaba in 1996
- Ratified in 2000
Signed Treaty for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1968
- Ratified in 1970
Signed Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in 2017

REGIONAL GROUPS

Member of the African Group
Member of G-77
Member of the African Union
Member of the South Atlantic Peace & Cooperation Zone
Member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation

LINKS

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament