BASIC FACTS

The Republic of Kenya is located in East Africa, and it is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan, Somali, Ethiopia and has access to the Indian Ocean.  Kenya is a presidential republic that gained its independence in 1963.

Capital: Nairobi

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

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Joined the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in 1964
• Signed Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1968
• Ratified in 1970
• Acceded to the 1925 Geneva Protocol in 1970
• Signed the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1993
• Ratified in 1997
• Acceded to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 1976
• Signed Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996
• Ratified in 2000
• Acceded to the Outer Space Treaty in 1984
• Acceded to the Partial Test Ban Treaty in 1965
• Signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions in 2008
• Signed the Pelindaba Treaty in 1996
  • Ratified in 2001
• Signed the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 1997
• Ratified in 2001
• Signed the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) in 2005
  • Ratified in 2006
• Acceded to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials (CPPNM) in 2002
• Accepted the 2005 CPPNM Amendment in 2007

REGIONAL GROUPS

• Vice-Chair of the UN First Committee in 2012
• Member of the UN Security Council in 1997/1998
• President of the 5^th session of the Conference on Disarmament in 2014
• President of the 1^st session of the Conference on Disarmament in 2004

LINKS

The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kenya to the United Nations

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament