Country Profile: Morocco

BASIC FACTS

Located on the western-most tip of North Africa’s Maghreb region, the Kingdom of Morocco is bordered by Algeria, Mauritania, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara. Morocco is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy that gained its independence in 1956.

Capital: Rabat

There are no nuclear power plants located in Morocco. The National Center for Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology (CNESTEN) has operated one nuclear research reactor (MA-R1) since 2007. MA-R1 is a Triga Mark II, light water reactor producing 2000 kW thermal, that is used primarily for research and irradiation.

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) since 1961
Member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 1957
Acceded to the 1925 Geneva Protocol in 1970
Signed Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 1972
- Ratified in 2002
Signed Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1993
- Ratified in 1995
Signed Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty in 1996
- Ratified in 2000
Signed Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in 1981
- Ratified in 2002
Signed Convention on Environmental Modification Techniques (ENMOD) in 1977
Signed International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) in 2006
- Ratified in 2010
Signed Moon Treaty (Celestial Bodies) in 1980
- Ratified in 1993
Acceded to Outer Space Treaty in 1967
Signed Partial Test Ban Treaty in 1963
- Ratified in 1966
Signed Treaty of Pelindaba in 1996
Signed Sea-bed Treaty in 1971
- Ratified in 1972
Signed Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1968
- Ratified in 1970

REGIONAL GROUPS

Member of the G-21
Member of the G-77
Member of the Africa Group
Member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
Member of the Arab League
Member of the African Union

RECENT REPRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Member of the Executive Council of the OPCW in 2018-2019
President of the Conference on Disarmament in 2015
Vice-Chair of the UN Disarmament Commission in 2012 and 2014
Member of the UN 1540 Committee in 2012-2013
Vice-Chair of the UN First Committee in 2005

LINKS

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament