BASIC FACTS

The Islamic Republic of Mauritania is located on the western coast of Africa. It borders the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara to the northwest, Algeria to the north, Mali to the south and southeast, and Senegal to the south.  Mauritania is a constitutional republic that gained its independence in 1960.

Capital: Nouakchott

Mauritania does not possess any nuclear power plants or research reactors.

In 2008 the Australian company Aura Energy launched the Tiris Uranium Project based on a major uranium discovery in Mauritania. In July 2019, the company concluded its feasibility study but the mine has yet to be operational.

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Joined the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in 1964
• Acceded to the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1993
• Signed the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1993
• Ratified in 1998
• Acceded to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 2015
• Signed Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996
• Ratified in 2003
• Signed the Partial Test Ban Treaty in 1963
• Ratified in 1964
• Signed the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in 2013
• Ratified in 2015
• Signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions in 2010
• Ratified in 2012
• Signed the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 1997
• Ratified in 2000
• Acceded to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials (CPPNM) in 2008
• Ratified the 2005 Amendment to CPPNM in 2008
• Signed the Pelindaba Treaty in 1996
• Ratified in 1998
• Acceded to the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) in 2008

REGIONAL GROUPS

• Member of the G-77
• Member of the African Group
• Member of the African Union
• Member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

RECENT REPRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Chair for the Assembly of the African Union on 2014/2015

LINKS

Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to the United Nations

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament