Rwanda

                                              RWANDA

Region	Eastern Africa
UN membership date	18-Sep-62
Population (000, 2018)	12 501a
Surface area (km2)	26 338b
Capital city	Kigali
National currency	Rwanda Franc (RWF)

Weapons of Mass Destruction

International Instruments	Entry into force	Signed	Ratified	Acceded
CTBT: Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty		30/11/2004	30/11/2004
Convention on Nuclear Safety
Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material	28/07/2002			28/06/2002
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	20/05/1975
Chemical Weapons Convention: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction	30/04/2004	17/05/1993	31/03/2004
Nuclear Terrorism Convention: International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism		06/03/2006
1925 Geneva Protocol: Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare				11/05/1964
Partial Test Ban Treaty: Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water		19/09/1963	27/12/1963	16/12/1963
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons			20/05/1975
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	20/05/1975
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	01/02/2007

 

Conventional weapons

International Instruments	Entry into force	Signed	Ratified	Acceded
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)		05/06/2013
Convention on Cluster Munitions		03/12/2008	25/08/2015
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	01/12/2000	03/12/1997	08/06/2000
Firearms Protocol: Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition				04/10/2006
Treaty relating to the Use of Submarines and Noxious Gases in Warfare
Regional Instruments	Entry into force	Signed	Ratified	Acceded
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		01/08/2011
Nairobi Declaration: The Nairobi Declaration on the Problem of the Proliferation of Illicit Small Arms And Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn Of Africa		15/03/2000
Nairobi Protocol: The Nairobi Protocol for the Prevention, Control and Reduction of Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa	05/05/2006	21/04/2004	08/05/2005

 

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=164&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	vhttp://www.poa-iss.org/InternationalTracing/InternationalTraicingInfo.aspx?CoI=164&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=164
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)	N/A
70eSession(2015)	N/A
71e Session(2016)	N/A
72e Session(2017)	N/A
73e Session(2018)	http://statements.unmeetings.org/media2/19408481/rwanada.pdf