BASIC FACTS

The Republic of Djibouti is located on the northeast coast of the Horn of Africa, on the Bab el Mandeb Strait, which lies to the east and separates the Red Sea from the Gulf of Aden. Djibouti is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Ethiopia to the west, and Somalia to the southeast. Djibouti is a presidential republic that gained its independence 1977. 

Capital: Djibouti

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

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Joined the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in 1983
• Acceded to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1996
• Signed the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 1997
• Ratified in 1998
• Signed the Arms Trade Treaty in 2013
• Signed the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1993
  • Ratified in 2006
• Signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in 1996
  • Ratified in 2005
• Signed the Pelindaba Treaty in 1996
• Acceded to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in 1996
• Signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions in 2010
• Signed the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) in 2006
  • Ratified in 2014

REGIONAL GROUPS

• Member of the G-77
• Member of the African Group
• Member of the African Union
• Member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
• Member of the League of Arab States (LAS)

RECENT REPRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Rapporteur for the 2014 United Nations First Committee Session

LINKS

Permanent Mission of the Republic of Djibouti to the United Nations

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament