BASIC FACTS

The Republic of Zimbabwe is a landlocked African country surrounded by Mozambique, the Republic of South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, and Malawi. Zimbabwe gained independence in 1965, and in 1980 changed its name was changed from the previously-held Rhodesia. Today Zimbabwe is a presidential republic.

Capital: Harare

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

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 1986
• Member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) since 1979
• Signed Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 1997
  • Ratified in 1998
• Signed Arms Trade Treaty in 2014
• Acceded to Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 1990
• Signed Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1993
  • Ratified in 1997
• Signed Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1999
  • Ratified in 2019
• Signed Treaty of Pelindaba in 1996
  • Ratified in 1998
• Acceded to Treaty for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1991

REGIONAL GROUPS

• Member of the Africa Group
• Member of the African Union
• Member of the G-21
• Member of the G-77

RECENT REPRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Chairperson of the African Union in 2015-2016
• Coordinator of the G-21 in 2018
• President of the Conference on Disarmament in 2019
• Chairperson of the Third Preparatory Committee of the NPT in 2010

LINKS

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament