BASIC FACTS

The Gabonese Republic is located on the west coast of Central Africa, bordered by Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, and the Gulf of Guinea. Gabon today has one of the highest development rates in Africa due to its rich petroleum resources. Gabon is a presidential republic that gained its independence in 1960. 

Capital: Libreville

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

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) since 1970
• Member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 1964
• Signed Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 1997
  • Ratified in 2000
• Signed Arms Trade Treaty in 2013
• Signed Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 1972
  • Ratified in 2007
• Signed Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1993
  • Ratified in 2000
• Signed Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996
  • Ratified in 2000
• Acceded to Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in 2007
• Signed International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) in 2005
  • Ratified in 2007
• Signed Kinshasa Convention in 2010
  • Accepted in 2012
• Signed Partial Test Ban Treaty in 1963
  • Ratified in 1964
• Signed Treaty of Pelindaba in 1996
  • Ratified in 2007
• Acceded to Treaty for Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1974

REGIONAL GROUPS

• Member of the African Group
• Member of the African Union
• Member of the G-77
• Member of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

RECENT REPRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Member of the 1540 Committee in 2010/2011
• Non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in 2010/2011
• Presided over 59^th General Session of the UN General Assembly in 2004

LINKS

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament