BASIC FACTS

The Republic of Mozambique is located on the southeast coast of Africa. Mozambique borders Tanzania, Malawi, and Zambia to the north, Zimbabwe to the west, South Africa and Swaziland to the south. Mozambique is a constitutional democracy with a parliamentary system that gained its independence in 1975.

Capital: Maputo

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

In the 1950s Mozambique produced uranium from its Mavuzi mine, located in northwestern Mozambique. In 2005-2006, an Australian group conducted an exploration project and a small drill program in 2007.

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Joined the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in 1976
• Acceded to the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1990
• Acceded to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 2000
• Acceded to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 2011
• Signed Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996
• Ratified in 2008
• Signed the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 1997
• Ratified in 1998
• Signed the Pelindaba Treaty in 1996
• Ratified in 2008
• Signed the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) in 2006
• Acceded to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials (CPPNM) in 2003
• Signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions in 2008
• Ratified in 2011
• Signed the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in 2013
• Ratified in 2018

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 of the African Union Assembly in 2003/2004

LINKS

Mozambique Permanent Mission to the United Nations

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament