Country Profile: Maldives
BASIC FACTS
Maldives is a Member Country of the NAM Movement since 1976.
The Republic of Maldives is an insular state that is made up of around 1190 islands. It is a Small Island Developing State (SID) located in the Indian Ocean and southwest of Sri Lanka and India. The Maldives is a currently presidential representative democratic republic after gaining its independence in 1965.
Capital: Malé
Maldives does not possess any nuclear power plants, research reactors, or other nuclear facilities.
TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
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Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) (1970)3
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Geneva Protocol (1966)4
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Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) (1994)5
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Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) (1993)6
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Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) (2000)7
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Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (2000)8
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Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (2000)9
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Convention on Cluster Munitions (2019)10
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Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) (2019)11
AGREEMENTS:
- Application of safeguards in connection with the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (with Protocol) (1977)
REGIONAL GROUPS
- Member of the Asia-Pacific Group
- Member of the G-77
- Member of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
RECENT REPRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
- The Maldives has served on the United Nations Human Rights Council for two terms. In 2011, it was the smallest member to get elected to the Council.