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Country Profile: Philippines

BASIC FACTS

Philippines is a Member Country of the NAM Movement since 1993.

The Republic of the Philippines consists of over 7,000 islands located in the Pacific Ocean off the southeast coast of Asia. The country is one of the world’s largest island nations. After the 16th century arrival of explorer Ferdinand Magellan, the Philippines was under Spanish rule for some 300 years before ultimately achievingindependence in 1946.

Capital: Manila

There are no operational nuclear power plants located in the Philippines. The government did construct a plant called “The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant” back in 1970s but it was never fueled due to financial and safety concerns reasons. The country is exploring the possibility of the nuclear program including the revival of the Bataan project and the Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs). As of 2023, the country is working on establishing its national nuclear infrastructure, especially on both legal and security framework.

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

  • IAEA Membership (1958)

  • Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (Bangkok Treaty) (1997) 

  • Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (BTWC) (1975) 

  • Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) (1987) 

  • Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (CWC) (1997) 

  • Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare (Geneva Protocol) (1928) 

  • International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) (2007) 

  • Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) (1970)  

  • Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water (Partial Test Ban Treaty) (1963)  

  • 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)  

  • Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) (2014) 

  • The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) (2010)  

  • Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (Mine Ban Convention) (1999)  

  • Treaty on Open Skies (2002) 

  • 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) 

  • Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) (ratified-2001) 

  • Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) (signed-2017) 

 

REGIONAL GROUPS

  • Member of the G-778 

  • Founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

 

        AGREEMENTS (In Force):  

  • Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the IAEA (1962)  

  • Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (1977) 

  • Optional Protocol Concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes (1999) 

  • Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (1987) 

  • Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (2021) 

  • Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident (1997) 

  • Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency (1997) 

  • Revised Supplementary Agreements Concerning the Provision of Technical Assistance by the IAEA (RSA) (1980) 

  • Regional Co-operative Agreement for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology, 2017 (2020) 

  • Application of safeguards in connection with the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1974)  

  • Protocol Additional to the Agreement between the Republic of the Philippines and the IAEA for the Application of Safeguards in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (2010) 


LINKS

  • Nuclear Power in the Philippines (world-nuclear.org)