BASIC FACTS

Mongolia is a landlocked country located in East Asia that borders China and Russia. Mongolia is a semi-presidential representative democratic republic that gained its independence in 1921.

Capital: Ulaanbaatar

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

In 1992, Mongolia declared its intention to become a one state nuclear-weapon-free zone (NWFZ). In 2003 the NWFZ status of Mongolia entered into force and was recognized by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Joined the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in 1993
• Signed Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1968
  • Ratified in 1969
• Signed the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1993
  • Ratified in 1995
• Signed Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 1972
  • Ratified in 1972
• Acceded to the 1925 Geneva Protocol in 1968
• Signed Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996
  • Ratified in 1997
• Signed the Outer Space Treaty in 1967
  • Ratified in 1967
• Signed the Partial Test Ban Treaty in 1963
  • Ratified in 1963
• Signed the Sea-bed Treaty in 1971
  • Ratified in 1971
• Acceded to the Antarctic Treaty in 2015
• Signed the Convention on Environmental Modification Techniques (ENMOD) in 1977
  • Ratified in 1978
• Signed the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in 2013
• Signed the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in 1981
  • Ratified in 1982
• Signed the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) in 2005
  • Ratified in 2006

REGIONAL GROUPS

• Member of the Conference on Disarmament
• Member of the G-21
• Member of the G-77
• Member of the Asia-Pacific Group

RECENT REPRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• President of the 2^nd session of the Conference on Disarmament in 2015

LINKS

Mongolia Permanent Mission to the United Nations

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament