Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Disarmament Database

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Country Profile: Bahrain

BASIC FACTS

Bahrain is a Member Country of the NAM Movement since 1973. 

The Kingdom of Bahrain an island country located in the Persian Gulf. It is situated east of Saudi Arabia and north of Qatar. Bahrain is an Islamic country and has the smallest population of all the Gulf States. Its system of government is a constitutional monarchy.  

Capital: Manama

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

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

  • IAEA Membership (2009) 

  • Geneva Protocol (1988) 

  • Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) in 19884 

  • Geneva Protocol (1988) 

  • Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) (1997) 

  • Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) (1988) 

  • Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) (2004) 

  • Acceded to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials (CPPNM) (2010) 

  • Acceded to the International Convention for the Suppression of Nuclear Acts of Terrorism (ICSANT) (2010) 

  • Acceded to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (2016) 

 

AGREEMENTS (In Force): 

  • Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (2010) 

  • Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (2016) 

  • Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident (2011) 

  • Convention on Nuclear Safety (2011) 

  • Revised Supplementary Agreements Concerning the Provision of Technical Assistance by the IAEA (RSA) (2012) 

  • Agreement between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (2009) 

  • Protocol Additional to the Agreement between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the IAEA for the Application of Safeguards in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (2011)  


REGIONAL GROUPS

  • Member of the G-77
  • Member of the Asia-Pacific Group
  • Member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
  • Member of the League of Arab States (LAS)

 

RECENT REPRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

  • President of the 61st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2006
  • President of 10th emergency special session of the UNGA in 2006

 

LINKS

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament

Country List (Office of Legal Affairs): Bahrain (iaea.org)