Country Profile: Nepal
BASIC FACTS
Nepal is a Member Country of the NAM Movement since 1961
Located in the Himalayan region between China to the North and India to the South, East, and West. Nepali is the official spoken language. The country holds federal parliamentary republic, according to the Nepal's new constitution which came into effect in 2015.
Capital: Kathmandu
Nepal does not possess any nuclear power plants, research reactors, or other nuclear facilities.
TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
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IAEA Membership (2008)
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Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (BTWC) (1975)
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Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) (1987)
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Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (CWC) (1997)
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Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare (Geneva Protocol) (1928)
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International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) (2007)
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Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) (1970)
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Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water (Partial Test Ban Treaty) (1963)
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Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof (Sea-Bed Treaty) (1972)
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Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) (2014)
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The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) (2010)
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Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW) (1983)
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Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (Mine Ban Convention) (1999)
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Treaty on Open Skies (2002)
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Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (Outer Space Treaty) (1967)
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Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) (signed-1996)
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Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) (signed-2017)
AGREEMENTS (In Force):
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Revised Supplementary Agreements Concerning the Provision of Technical Assistance by the IAEA (RSA) (2012)
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Regional Co-operative Agreement for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology, 2017 (2018)
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Application of safeguards in connection with the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (with Protocol) (1972)
REGIONAL GROUPS
- Member of the Asia-Pacific Group
- Member of the G77
LINKS
Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament
Nepal Ministry of Foreign Affairs