Country Profile: Sudan

BASIC FACTS

The Republic of Sudan is the third-largest country in Africa as well as in the Arab World and is surrounded by Egypt, Libya, Chad, the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and the recently established nation of South Sudan (2011). Independence was declared in 1956. A series of parliamentary and military regimes have led Sudan since then, with strong influence from the National Islamic Front. The 30-year rule of Omar al-Bashir ended by popular coup d’état in April 2019.

Capital: Khartoum

There are no nuclear research reactors or nuclear power plants in Sudan.

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 1958
Member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) since 1961
Acceded to 1925 Geneva Protocol in 1980
Signed Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 1997
- Ratified in 2003
Signed Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in 1981
Signed Partial Test Ban Treaty in 1963
- Ratified in 1966
Signed Sea-bed Treaty in 1971
Acceded to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 2003
Acceded to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1999
Acceded to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials (CPPNM) in 2000
Signed and ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 2004
Signed the Treaty of Pelindaba in 1996
Signed the Treaty for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1968
- Ratified in 1973

REGIONAL GROUPS

Member of the African Group
Member of the G-77

RECENT REPRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Held G-77 Chairmanship in 2009

LINKS

Permanent Mission of the Republic of Sudan to the United Nations

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament