BASIC FACTS

The State of Kuwait is an oil-rich country located in Western Asia at the tip of the Persian Gulf. Kuwait borders Iraq to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the south. Kuwait is a constitutional emirate with a semi-democratic political system that gained its independence in 1961.

Capital: Kuwait City

Kuwait 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 1989
• Acceded to the 1925 Geneva Protocol in 1971
• Acceded to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) in 2004
• Signed the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1993
  • Ratified in 1997
• Signed Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 1972
• Ratified in 1972
• Signed Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996
• Ratified in 2003
• Acceded to the Moon Treaty (Celestial Bodies) in 2014
• Acceded to the Outer Space Treaty on 1972
• Signed the Partial test Ban Treaty om 1963
• Ratified in 1965
• Acceded to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 2007
• Acceded to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in 2013
• Acceded to the Convention on Environmental Modification Techniques (ENMOD) in 1980
• Signed the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) in 2005
• Ratified in 2013

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