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Country Profile: Indonesia

BASIC FACTS

Indonesia is a Member Country of the NAM Movement since 1961.

The Republic of Indonesia is located between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The country shares its land border with Malaysia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea, and maritime borders with Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, Palau, and Australia. The Republic of Indonesia is a presidential republic that gained its independence in 1945. In February 2024, the country held the latest General elections.

Capital: Jakarta 

Indonesia operates three nuclear research reactors through its nuclear energy agency but does not have nuclear power reactors3. However, the country is considered a country with more advanced experience with nuclear energy, compared to other countries in Southeast Asia and has long-considered large-scale nuclear power development. In December 2022 the government announced its aim to develop a nuclear power plant by 2039. 

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

 

  • IAEA Membership (1957)6 

  • Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (Bangkok Treaty) (1997) 

  • Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (BTWC) (1975) 

  • Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) (1987) 

  • Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (CWC) (1997) 

  • Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare (Geneva Protocol) (1928) 

  • International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) (2007) 

  • Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) (1970)  

  • Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water (Partial Test Ban Treaty) (1963)  

  • 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)  

  • Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) (2014) 

  • The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) (2010)  

  • Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (Mine Ban Convention) (1999)  

 

  • Treaty on Open Skies (2002) 

  • 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) 

  • Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) (ratified-2012)  

  • Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons  (TPNW) (signed-2017) 


REGIONAL GROUPS

  • Member of the Conference on Disarmament8 

  • Member of the G-779 

  • Member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)10 

  • Member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)11 

  • Observer to the African Union12 

 

                                                   AGREEMENTS (In Force):  

  • Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the IAEA (1971) 

  • Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (1987) 

  • Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (2016) 

  • Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident (1993)  

  • Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency (1993) 

  • Convention on Nuclear Safety (2002) 

  • Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management (2011) 

  • Revised Supplementary Agreements Concerning the Provision of Technical Assistance by the IAEA (1980) 

  • Regional Co-operative Agreement for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology, 2017 (2017) 

  • Application of safeguards in connection with the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1980) 

  • Protocol Additional to the Agreement between the Republic of Indonesia and the IAEA for the Application of Safeguards in Connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1999) 

 


LINKS

        Indonesia – The World Factbook (cia.gov) 

Country Spotlight: Indonesia (nti.org) 

World Nuclear Association: Nuclear Power in Indonesia (world-nuclear.org) 

UNODA (UNRCPD): Indonesia (unrcpd.org) 

Country List (Office of Legal Affairs): Indonesia (iaea.org) 

Conference on Disarmament: Member (nti.org) 

Member States of the Group of 77 (g77.org) 

Organization of Islamic Cooperation: Member States (oic-oic.org) 

Association of Southeast Asian Nations: History (asean.org) 

Regional Cooperations: African Union (kemlu.go.id)