Five-Year Review: Non-signatory Bhutan has expressed support for the convention’s objectives and stated that Bhutan does not possess cluster munitions. In June 2015, Bhutan attended a meeting of the convention for the first time. It is not known to have used, produced, or transferred cluster munitions.

Policy

The Kingdom of Bhutan has not acceded to the Convention on Cluster Munitions.

Bhutan has never made a public statement detailing its position on joining the convention. In October 2010, Bhutan’s permanent representative to the UN in New York told the CMC that the government views the convention as “a commendable achievement” and was “looking at it very closely with a view to taking positive action” on accession.[1]

Bhutan has said that there are no obstacles to it joining the convention but has limited resources available internally to undertake the accession process.[2]

Bhutan did not participate in the Oslo Process that created the Convention on Cluster Munitions. In June 2015, Bhutan participated in a meeting of the Convention on Cluster Munitions for the first time when its Geneva-based representative attended the convention’s intersessional meetings in Geneva.[3]

Bhutan is a State Party to the Mine Ban Treaty. It is not party to the Convention on Conventional Weapons.

Use, production, transfer, and stockpiling

Bhutan is not known to have used, produced, transferred, or stockpiled cluster munitions. In October 2010, a government representative said that Bhutan is a peaceful country that does not have any cluster munitions or plans to acquire them.[4]