Summary: Non-signatory the Bahamas has never made a statement on its policy on joining the convention or attended a meeting on cluster munitions. It is not known to have used, produced, transferred, or stockpiled cluster munitions.

Policy

The Commonwealth of the Bahamas has not acceded to the Convention on Cluster Munitions.

The Bahamas did not participate in the Oslo Process that created the convention in 2008 and it has never attended a meeting on cluster munitions.

The Bahamas has never made a statement articulating its views on banning cluster munitions, but in an August 2015 letter its representative to Canada thanked CMC member Mines Action Canada for inviting the Bahamas to accede to the convention.[1]

The Bahamas voted in favor of the first UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution on the Convention on Cluster Munitions on 7 December 2015, which urges states outside the convention on “join as soon as possible.”[2] The Bahamas has also voted in favor of UNGA resolutions that condemn the use of cluster munitions in Syria, most recently Resolution 70/234 on 23 December 2015, which “deplores and condemns” the continued use.[3]

The Bahamas is party to the Mine Ban Treaty. It has not joined the Convention on Conventional Weapons.

Use, production, transfer, and stockpiling

The Bahamas is not known to have used, produced, transferred, or stockpiled cluster munitions.