BASIC FACTS

The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is bordered by Gabon and Cameroon and is located on Africa’s Gulf Coast. As the largest sub-Saharan oil producer, Equatorial Guinea is one of the richest per capita countries in Africa. Equatorial Guinea is a unitary republic that gained its independence in 1968.

Capital: Malabo

There are no nuclear power plants or research reactors in Equatorial Guinea.

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) since 1970
• Acceded to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 1992
• Acceded to 1925 Geneva Protocol in 1989
• Acceded to Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 1998
• Signed Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1993
  • Ratified in 1997
• Signed Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996
• Acceded to Outer Space Treaty in 1989
• Acceded to Partial Test Ban Treaty in 1989
• Signed Sea-bed Treaty in 1971
• Acceded to the Treaty of Pelindaba in 2003
• Signed Kinshasa Convention in 2011
  • Ratified in 2019
• Acceded to the Treaty for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1984

REGIONAL GROUPS

• Member of the G-77
• Member of the African Group
• Member of the African Union

RECENT REPRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Chair of the African Union 2011-2012
• Member of the 1540 Committee in 2018/2019
• Non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2018/2019

LINKS

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament