Editing Lesotho (section)

===Foreign relations===
{{Main|Foreign relations of Lesotho}}
Lesotho is a member of some regional economic organisations, including the [[Southern African Development Community]] (SADC)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070812215034/http://www.sadc.int/member_states/index.php?country=Lesotho Lesotho Country profile]. Southern African Development Community</ref> and the [[Southern African Customs Union]] (SACU).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sacu.int/ |title=Southern African Customs Union website |publisher=Sacu.int |access-date=4 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903211938/http://www.sacu.int/ |archive-date=3 September 2010 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> It is active in the United Nations (UN), the [[African Union]] (AU), the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] (NAM), the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]], and other international organisations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/lesotho/|title=The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency|website=www.cia.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-09-20|df=dmy-all|archive-date=2 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702003726/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/lesotho/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Lesotho has maintained ties with the United Kingdom (Wales in particular), Germany, the United States, and other [[Western world|Western states]]. It broke relations with [[China–Lesotho relations|China]] and re-established relations with [[Taiwan]] in 1990, and later restored ties with China. It recognises the [[State of Palestine]].<ref name=State>{{cite web |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2831.htm |title=Lesotho US State department |publisher=state.gov |access-date=4 July 2010 |df=dmy-all |archive-date=2 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002121746/https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2831.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> From 2014 up until 2018, it recognised the [[Republic of Kosovo]].<ref>{{cite web| publisher= Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Kosovo| url= http://www.mfa-ks.net/?page=1,4,2242| title= Pas njohjes nga Lesoto, Hoxhaj vazhdon lobimin në Afrikë (After recognition of Lesotho, Hoxhaj continues lobbying in Africa)| access-date= 12 December 2014| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141229124007/http://www.mfa-ks.net/?page=1,4,2242| archive-date= 29 December 2014| url-status= live| df= dmy-all}}</ref>

It was a public opponent of [[apartheid]] in South Africa and granted a number of South African refugees political asylum during the apartheid era.<ref name=State/> In 2019, it signed the [[treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons|UN treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVI-9&chapter=26&clang=_en |title=Chapter XXVI: Disarmament – No. 9 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons |publisher=United Nations Treaty Collection |date=7 July 2017 |access-date=17 November 2019 |archive-date=6 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806220546/https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVI-9&chapter=26&clang=_en |url-status=live }}</ref>