Country Profile: Fiji
BASIC FACTS
Fiji is a Member Country of the NAM Movement since 2009
Fiji is an island archipelago located in the South Pacific Ocean, about 1000 miles northeast of New Zealand. Native Fijians have occupied the islands since the second millennium BC, living under a tribal or monarchical government until British colonialization in 1874. Fiji became independent in 1970 after nearly a century as a British colony
Capital: Suva
There are no nuclear power plants or research reactors in Fiji.
TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS(In Force/Ratified)
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IAEA Membership (2012)4
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Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (BTWC) (1975)
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Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) (1987)
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Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (CWC) (1997)
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Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare (Geneva Protocol) (1928)
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International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) (2007)
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Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) (1970)
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Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water (Partial Test Ban Treaty) (1963)
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Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof (Sea-Bed Treaty) (1972)
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Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) (2014)
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The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) (2010)
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Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW) (1983)
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Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (Mine Ban Convention) (1999)
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Treaty on Open Skies (2002)
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Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (Outer Space Treaty ) (1967)
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Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) (ratified-1996)
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Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) (signed-2017)
AGREEMENTS (In Force):
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Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (2018)
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Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (2016)
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Revised Supplementary Agreements Concerning the Provision of Technical Assistance by the IAEA (RSA) (2015)
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Application of safeguards in connection with the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (with Protocol) (1973)
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Protocol between the Republic of the Fiji Islands and the International Atomic Energy Agency Additional to the Agreement between the Government of Fiji and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (2006)
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
Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament