BASIC FACTS

Fiji is an island archipelago located in the South Pacific Ocean, about 1000 miles northeast of New Zealand. Today Fiji has one of the most developed economies in the Pacific region due to abundant natural resources and a successful tourist industry. Fiji is a parliamentary representative democratic republic that gained its independence in 1970.

Capital: Suva

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

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) since 2011
• Member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 2012
• Succeeded to 1925 Geneva Protocol in 1973
• Signed Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 1997
  • Ratified in 1998
• Signed & Ratified Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) In 1973
• Signed & Ratified Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1993
• Signed & Ratified Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT in 1996
• Signed Convention on Cluster Munitions in 2008
  • Ratified in 2010
• Succeeded to Outer Space Treaty in 1972
• Succeeded to Partial Test Ban Treaty in 1972
• Acceded to the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) in 2008
• Signed & Ratified South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty in 1985
• Acceded to Treaty for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1972
• Signed Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in 2017

REGIONAL GROUPS

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

RECENT REPRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Chairmanship of G-77 in 2013
• President of the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2016

LINKS

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament