Country Profile: Kuwait

BASIC FACTS

Kuwait is a Member Country of the NAM Movement since 1964 

The State of Kuwaitis an oil-rich country located in Western Asia at the tip of the Persian GulfKuwait borders Iraq to the northwest, and Saudi Arabia to the south. Kuwait is a Constitutional hereditary emirate and gained its independence from the U.K. in 1961. 

Capital: Kuwait City

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

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

  • IAEA Membership (1964)

  • Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) (1989)

  • Geneva Protocol (1971)

  • Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) (1997) 

  • Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) (1972)

  • Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) (2003)

  • Outer Space Treaty (1972) 

  • Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT) (1965)  

  • Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (2007)

  • Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (2013)

  • Environmental Modification Techniques (ENMOD) (1980)

  • International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) (2013)

  • Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) (2004)

 

AGREEMENTS (In Force): 

 

  • Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the IAEA (1998)  

  • Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (2004)  

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

  • Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident (2003) 

  • Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency (2003)  

  • Convention on Nuclear Safety (2006) 

  • Revised Supplementary Agreements Concerning the Provision of Technical Assistance by the IAEA (RSA) (2003) 

  • Co-operative Agreement for Arab States in Asia for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology (the 2017 ARASIA) (2020) 

  • Agreement between the State of Kuwait and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in Connection with the Treaty on the Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (2002)  

  • Protocol Additional to the Agreement between the State of Kuwait and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in Connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (2003) 


REGIONAL GROUPS

  • Member of the G-77
  • Member of the Asia-Pacific Group
  • Member of the Arab League
  • Member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

 

RECENT REPRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

  • Vice-Chair of the UN First Committee in 2015 and 2011
  • Member of the UN Security Council in 2018/2019
  • Member of the UN 1540 Committee in 2019

 

LINKS

Permanent Mission of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament

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