BASIC FACTS

The Republic of Botswana is a landlocked country in Southern Africa that borders Namibia to the west and north, Zambia and Zimbabwe to the northwest and South Africa to the south. Botswana is a parliamentary republic that gained its independence in 1966. 

Capital: Gaborone

Botswana does not possess any nuclear power plants, research reactors, or other nuclear facilities.

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Joined the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in 1970
• Signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1968
  • Ratified in 1969
• Signed the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 1997
  • Ratified in 2000
• Acceded to the Arms Trade Treaty in 2019
• Signed the Biological weapons Convention in 1972
  • Ratified in 1992
• Acceded to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1998
• Signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in 2008
  • Ratified in 2011
• Signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions in 2008
  • Ratified in 2011
• Signed the Outer Space Treaty in 1967
• Succeeded to the Partial Test Ban Treaty in 1968
• Signed the Pelindaba Treaty in 1971
  • Ratified in 1972
• Acceded to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) in 2000
• Signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in 2019

REGIONAL GROUPS

• Member of the G-77
• Member of the African Union
• Member of the African Group
• Member of the Southern African Development Community (SADC)

LINKS

SADC Member State Botswana

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament