BASIC FACTS

The Nation of Brunei is located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Brunei shares a border with Malaysia to the south and has access to the South China Sea through its northern coast. Brunei has an absolute monarchy form of government that gained independence in 1984.

Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan

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

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Joined the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in 1993
• Acceded to the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1985
• Signed the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1993
• Ratified in 1997
• Acceded to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 1991
• Signed Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1997
• Ratified in 2013
• Signed the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 1997
• Ratified in 2006
• Signed the Bangkok Treaty in 1995
• Ratified in 1996
• Signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in 2018

REGIONAL GROUPS

• Member of the G-77
• Member of the Asia-Pacific Group
• Member of ASEAN

RECENT REPRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Rapporteur for the 2018 United Nations First Committee Session

LINKS

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament

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