Country Profile: Vanuatu
BASIC FACTS
Vanuatu is a Member Country of the NAM Movement since 1983
A string of more than eighty islands in the South Pacific, the Republic of Vanuatu was originally occupied by Melanesian people before being conquered as part of the Spanish East Indies, and subsequently part of the New Hebrides island archipelago. Since achieving independence in 1980, Vanuatu has maintained strong economic ties with New Zealand, the EU, the United States, as well as China.
Capital: Port Vila
There are no nuclear power plants or research reactors in Vanuatu.
TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
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IAEA Membership (2015)3
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Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (2005)
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Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) (2016)
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Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) (2005)
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Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) (2005)
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South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (1996)
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Treaty for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) (1995)
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Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) (2018)
AGREEMENTS
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Revised Supplementary Agreements Concerning the Provision of Technical Assistance by the IAEA (RSA) (2016)
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Agreement between the Republic of Vanuatu and the IAEA for the Application of Safeguards in Connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (with Protocol) (2013)
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Protocol Additional to the Agreement between the Republic of Vanuatu and the IAEA for the Application of Safeguards in Connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (2013)
REGIONAL GROUPS
- Member of the Asia-Pacific Group
- Member of the G-77
LINKS
Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament