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Country Profile: Malaysia

BASIC FACTS

Malaysiais a Member Country of the NAM Movement since 1970.

Located in Southeast Asia, Malaysia is separated by the South China Sea into two similar sized regions, Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia. Peninsular Malaysia borders to the North with Thailand, and shares maritime border with Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia. East Malaysia borders Brunei, Philippines and Vietnam. Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy that gained its independence in 1957. 

Capital: Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia does not have any operational nuclear power plants. However, Malaysia has one nuclear research reactor known as the TRIGA PUSPATI research reactor at Malaysian Nuclear Agency which has been in operation since 1982. The reactor was designed to effectively implement the various fields of basic nuclear science and education, such as nuclear research and development, radioisotope production, education and training. Furthermore, in 2016 an IAEA was invited to review the infrastructure development for a nuclear power programmed by the Government of Malaysia. 

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

 

  • IAEA Membership (1969) 

  • 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 Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW) (1983) 

  • 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-2008)  

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


REGIONAL GROUPS

  • Member of the Conference on Disarmament 

  • Member of the G-77

  • Member of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

  • Member of East Asia Summit


 

                                                  AGREEMENTS (In Force): 

 

  • Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident (1987) 

  • Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency (1987)  

  • Revised Supplementary Agreements Concerning the Provision of Technical Assistance by the IAEA (RSA) (1981) 

  • 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 (with Protocol) (1972)  

 

 

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