BASIC FACTS

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is located on the northern coast of South America, bordered by Colombia, Brazil, and Guyana. Venezuela is a federal presidential republic that declared its independence in 1811.

Capital: Caracas

There are no nuclear power plants in Venezuela. In 1956 General Electric supplied one material testing reactor (RV-1) which was subsequently shut down and decommissioned in 1994. The site is now used for gamma ray sterilization.

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) since 1989
• Member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 1957
• Signed 1925 Geneva Protocol in 1925
  • Ratified in 1928
• Acceded to Antarctic Treaty in 1999
• Signed Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 1997
  • Ratified in 1999
• Signed Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 1972
  • Ratified in 1978
• Signed Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1993
  • Ratified in 1997
• Signed Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996
  • Ratified in 2002
• Acceded to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in 2005
• Signed Inter-American Convention on Firearms in 1997
  • Ratified in 2002
• Signed Inter-American Convention on Transparency in 1999
  • Ratified in 2005
• Acceded to Moon Treaty (Celestial Bodies) in 2016
• Signed Partial Test Ban Treaty in 1963
  • Ratified in 1965
• Signed Treaty of Tlatelolco in 1967
  • Ratified in 1997
• Signed Treaty for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1968
  • Ratified in 1975
• Signed Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in 2017
  • Ratified in 2018

REGIONAL GROUPS

• Member of the Latin America and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
• Member of G-77
• Member of G-21
• Member of the Latin-American Integration Association (LAIA)

RECENT REPRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• In 2002, Venezuela served as the Chair of the G-77.
• In 2017, Venezuela announced its intention to withdraw from the Organization of American States (OAS).

LINKS

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament