BASIC FACTS

The Republic of Ecuador is located in northwestern South American, bordered by Colombia and Peru, and also includes the Galapagos Islands off its Pacific coast. Ecuador is a democratic presidential republic that gained its independence in 1830.

Capital: Quito

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

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 1958
• Member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) since 1983
• Acceded to the 1925 Geneva Protocol in 1970
• Acceded to the Antarctic Treaty in 1987
• Signed the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 1997
  • Ratified in 1999
• Signed the Biological Weapons Convention in 1972
  • Ratified in 1975
• Signed the Chemical Weapons Convention in 1993
  • Ratified in 1995
• Signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996
  • Ratified in 2001
• Signed the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in 1981
  • Ratified in 1982
• Signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions in 2008
  • Ratified in 2010
• Signed the Inter-American Convention on Firearms in 1997
  • Ratified in 1999
• Signed the Inter-American Convention on Transparency in 1999
  • Ratified in 2001
• Signed the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) in 2005
• Signed the Outer Space Treaty in 1967
  • Ratified in 1969
• Signed the Partial Test Ban Treaty in 1963
  • Ratified in 1964
• Signed the Treaty of Tlatelolco in 1967
  • Ratified in 1969
• Signed the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1968
  • Ratified in 1969
• Signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in 2017
  • Ratified in 2019

REGIONAL GROUPS

• Member of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR)
• Member of the Latin American & Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
• Member of the G-77

RECENT REPRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Member of the IAEA Board of Governors for 2019-2020
• Chairman of the G-77 in 2017
• Vice-Chair of the UN First Committee in 2013

LINKS

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament