Chad

                                              CHAD

Region	Middle Africa
UN membership date	20-Sep-60
Population (000, 2018)	15 353a
Surface area (km2)	1 284 000b
Capital city	N'Djamena
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		08/10/1996	08/02/2013
Convention on Nuclear Safety
Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
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
Chemical Weapons Convention: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction	14/03/2004	11/10/1994	13/02/2004
Nuclear Terrorism Convention: International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
1925 Geneva Protocol: Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare
Partial Test Ban Treaty: Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water		29/08/1963	01/03/1965
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons		01/07/1968	10/03/1971
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
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		14/04/1996	18/01/2012

 

Conventional weapons

International Instruments	Entry into force	Signed	Ratified	Acceded
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)	23/06/2015	25/09/2013	25/03/2015
Convention on Cluster Munitions		03/12/2008	26/03/2013
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	08/11/1999	06/07/1998	06/05/1999
Firearms Protocol: Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition
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	08/08/2012

 

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/Poa13/CountryProfiles/CountryProfileInfo.aspx?CoI=40&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=40&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=40
UNSCR 1540- National Reports	http://www.un.org/en/sc/1540/national-implementation/national-reports.shtml
UNSCR 1540- National Implementation Action Plans

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

Session	Statements
68e Session(2013)	N/A
69e Session (2014)	http://statements.unmeetings.org/media2/4654174/chad.pdf
70eSession(2015)	N/A
71e Session(2016)	N/A
72e Session(2017)	N/A
73e Session(2018)	N/A