Country Profile: Bhutan
BASIC FACTS
Bhutan is a Member Country of the NAM Movement since 1973.
The Kingdom of Bhutan is a landlocked country located in South Asia that borders China to the north and India to the south. Bhutan has a constitutional monarchy form of government.
Capital: Thimphu
Bhutan does not possess any nuclear power plants, research reactors, or other nuclear facilities.
TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
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Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (BTWC) (1975)
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Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) (1987)
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Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (CWC) (1997)
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Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare (Geneva Protocol) (1928)
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International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) (2007)
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Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) (1970)
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Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water (Partial Test Ban Treaty) (1963)
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Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof (Sea-Bed Treaty) (1972)
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Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) (2014)
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The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) (2010)
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Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW) (1983)
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Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (Mine Ban Convention) (1999)
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Treaty on Open Skies (2002)
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Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (Outer Space Treaty) (1967)
REGIONAL GROUPS
- Member of the G-77
AGREEMENTS (In Force):
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Agreement between the Kingdom of Bhutan and the IAEA for the Application of Safeguards in connection with the NPT (with Protocol) (1989)
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