Central African Republic (CAR)

                                              CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Region	Middle Africa
UN membership date	20-Sep-60
Population (000, 2018)	4 737a
Surface area (km2)	622 984b
Capital city	Bangui
National currency	CFA Franc, BEAC (XAF)c

Weapons of Mass Destruction

International Instruments	Entry into force	Signed	Ratified	Acceded
CTBT: Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty		19/12/2001	26/05/2010
Convention on Nuclear Safety
Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material	21/03/2008			20/02/2008
Environmental Modification Convention: Convention on the Prohibition of Military or any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
Biological Weapons Convention: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction		10/04/1972	25/09/2018
Chemical Weapons Convention: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction	20/10/2006	14/01/1993	20/09/2006
Nuclear Terrorism Convention: International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism	20/03/2008			19/02/2008
1925 Geneva Protocol: Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare				31/07/1970
Partial Test Ban Treaty: Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water	25/09/1965		24/08/1965	22/12/1964
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons				25/10/1970
Sea-bed Treaty: Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floorand in the Subsoil Thereof		11/02/1971	09/07/1981
Treaty relating to the Use of Submarines and Noxious Gases in Warfare
Regional Instruments	Entry into force	Signed	Ratified	Acceded
Treaty of Pelindaba: African Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty		11/04/1996

 

Conventional weapons

International Instruments	Entry into force	Signed	Ratified	Acceded
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)	05/01/2016			07/10/2011
Convention on Cluster Munitions		03/12/2008
CCW: 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 (With Protocols I, Ii And Iii)
CCW Protocol II: Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, BoobyTraps and Other Devices
CCW Protocol V: Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War to the 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
Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention: Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction	01/05/2003			08/11/2002
Firearms Protocol: Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition				06/10/2006
Treaty relating to the Use of Submarines and Noxious Gases in Warfare
Regional Instruments	Entry into force	Signed	Ratified	Acceded
Khartoum Declaration: Khartoum Declaration on the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons across the Neighbouring Countries of Western Sudan		23/05/2012
Kinshasa Convention: Central African Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, Their Ammunition and All Parts and Components that can be used for Their Manufacture, Repair and Assembly		19/11/2010	24/10/2012

 
Statements First Committee UN General Assembly (Disarmament and International Security)

Transparency Instruments	More Details
United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (UNPoA)	http://www.poa-iss.org/InternationalTracing/InternationalTraicingInfo.aspx?CoI=39&pos=1000
International Tracing Instrument: International Instrument to Enable States to Identify and Trace, in a Timely and Reliable Manner, Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons	http://www.poa-iss.org/InternationalTracing/InternationalTraicingInfo.aspx?CoI=39&pos=1000
UN Register of Conventional Arms	http://www.un-register.org/HeavyWeapons/Index.aspx
Military Expenditures Database	http://www.un-arm.org/MilEx/CountryProfile.aspx?CountryId=39
UNSCR 1540- National Reports	http://www.un.org/en/sc/1540/national-implementation/national-reports.shtml
UNSCR 1540- National Implementation Action Plans

 

Session	Statements
68e Session(2013)	N/A
69e Session (2014)	N/A
70eSession(2015)	N/A
71e Session(2016)	N/A
72e Session(2017)	http://statements.unmeetings.org/media2/16153129/statement-by-central-african-republic.pdf
73e Session(2018)	N/A