Tuvalu
Cluster Munition Ban Policy
Five-Year Review: Non-signatory Tuvalu has not elaborated its views on joining the convention, but acceded to the Mine Ban Treaty in September 2011. It is not known to have ever used, produced, transferred, or stockpiled cluster munitions.
Policy
Tuvalu has not yet acceded to the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
Tuvalu did not participate in the Oslo Process and has never attended a meeting on cluster munitions or made a public statement on the convention.[1]
Tuvalu has voted in favor of UN General Assembly (UNGA) Resolutions condemning the use of cluster munitions in Syria, including Resolution 69/189 on 18 December 2014, which expressed “outrage” at the continued use.[2]
Tuvalu is a State Party to the Mine Ban Treaty.
Use, production, transfer, and stockpiling
Tuvalu is not known to have ever used, produced, transferred, or stockpiled cluster munitions.
[1] Tuvalu attended a regional workshop on explosive remnants of war in the Pacific held in Brisbane, Australia on 27–28 June 2013. Email from Lorel Thompson, National Coordinator, Safe Ground, 30 March 2014.
[2] “Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic,” UNGA Resolution A/RES/69/189, 18 December 2014. Tuvalu voted in favor of a similar resolution on 18 December 2013.