BASIC FACTS

The Kingdom of Bahrain is a small country located on an archipelago in the Persian Gulf, east of Saudi Arabia. Bahrain is a constitutional monarchy that gained its independence in 1971.

Capital: Manama

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

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Joined the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in 1973
• Acceded to the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1988
• Acceded to the 1925 Geneva Protocol in 1988
• Signed the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1993
• Ratified in 1997
• Acceded to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 1988
• Signed Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996
• Ratified in 2004
• Acceded to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials (CPPNM) in 2010
• Acceded to the International Convention for the Suppression of Nuclear Acts of Terrorism (ICSANT) in 2010
• Signed the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in 2013
• Acceded to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in 2016

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

LINKS

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament