BASIC FACTS

The Republic of Yemen is located on the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula, bordered by Saudi Arabia and Oman.  Yemen gained independence in 1967. Since 2014, a civil war throughout the country has led to the UN declaring it the country with the most people in need of humanitarian aid.

Capital: Sana'a

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

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) since 1990
• Member of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 1994
• Acceded to 1925 Geneva Protocol in 1986
• Signed Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 1997
  • Ratified in 1998
• Signed & Ratified the Convention on Environmental Modification Techniques (ENMOD) in 1977
• Signed Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 1972
  • Ratified in 1979
• Signed Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1993
  • Ratified in 2000
• Signed Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996
• Acceded to Outer Space Treaty in 1979
• Acceded to Partial Test Ban Treaty in 1979
• Signed the Sea-bed Treaty in 1971
  • Ratified in 1979
• Acceded to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials (CPPNM) in 2007
• Acceded to International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) in 2014 (with reservation)
• Signed Treaty for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1968
  • Ratified in 1989

REGIONAL GROUPS

• Member of G-77
• Member of the Arab League
• Member of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation
• Member of the Asia-Pacific Group

RECENT REPRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• In 2010, Yemen served as Chair of the G-77

LINKS

Republic of Yemen Ministry of Foreign Affairs

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament