BASIC FACTS

Angola is situated on the west coast of Southern Africa with Namibia on its southern border, Zambia on its eastern border, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north and 1,650km of the Atlantic Ocean as its western border. Angola is a presidential republic that gained its independence in 1975.

Capital: Luanda

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

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Acceded to 1925 Geneva Protocol in 1990
• Signed Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 1997
  • Ratified in 2002
• Signed Arms Trade Treaty in 2013
• Acceded to Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 2016
• Acceded to Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 2015
• Signed Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996
  • Ratified in 2015
• Signed Convention on Cluster Munitions in 2008
• Signed Kinshasa Convention in 2010
  • Ratified in 2017
• Signed Treaty of Pelindaba in 1996
  • Ratified in 2014
• Acceded to Treaty for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 2010
• Signed Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in 2018

REGIONAL GROUPS

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

RECENT REPRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Member of the 1540 Committee in 2004, 2015-2016

LINKS

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament