BASIC FACTS

The Republic of Benin is located in West Africa and is bordered by Niger, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, and Togo. After gaining independence from France in 1960, Benin has experienced multiple coups between democratic and military governments. Since 1991 it has been a presidential, multi-party democratic republic.

Capital: Porto-Novo

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

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) since 1964
• Member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 1999
• Acceded to the 1925 Geneva Protocol in 1986
• Signed the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 1997
  • Ratified in 1998
• Signed the Arms Trade Treaty in 2013
  • Ratified in 2016
• Signed the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 1972
  • Ratified in 1975
• Signed the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1993
  • Ratified in 1998
• Signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996
  • Ratified in 2001
• Acceded to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in 1989
• Signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions in 2008
  • Ratified in 2017
• Signed the Convention on Environmental Modification Techniques (ENMOD) in 1977
  • Ratified in 1986
• Signed the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) in 2005
  • Ratified in 2017
• Acceded to Outer Space Treaty in 1986
• Signed Partial Test Ban Treaty in 1963
  • Ratified in 1965
• Signed Treaty of Pelindaba in 1996
  • Ratified in 2007
• Signed Sea-bed Treaty in 1971
  • Ratified in 1986
• Signed Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1968
  • Ratified in 1972
• Signed Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in 2018

REGIONAL GROUPS

• Member of the Africa Group
• Member of the G-77
• Member of the African Union
• Member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
• Member of the South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone

RECENT REPRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Vice President of Disarmament Commission in 2017
• 1540 Committee Member in 2004-2005

LINKS

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament