BASIC FACTS

The Republic of Guinea is located in West Africa and bordered by Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the east, Cote d’Ivoire to the southeast, Sierra Leone and Liberia to the south. Guinea is a presidential representative democratic republic that gained its independence in 1958.

Capital: Conakry

Guinea does not possess any nuclear power plants, research reactors, or other nuclear facilities.

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Joined the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in 1961
• Ratified the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1985
• Signed the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1993
• Ratified in 1997
• Ratified the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 2016
• Signed Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996
• Ratified in 2011
• Signed the Sea-bed Treaty in 1971
• Ratified the Pelindaba Treaty in 2000
• Signed the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 1997
• Ratified in 1998
• Signed the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in 2013
  • Ratified in 2014
• Signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions in 2008
  • Ratified in 2014
• Signed the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials (CPPNM) in 2005
• Signed the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) in 2005

REGIONAL GROUPS

• NAM founding member
• Member of the African Union since 1963
• Member of the G-77
• Member of the African Group

RECENT REPRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Chair of the 2018 Assembly of the African Union

LINKS

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament