Barbados
Cluster Munition Ban Policy
Summary: Non-signatory Barbados has never made a statement to indicate its policy on accession to the convention or attended a meeting on cluster munitions. It is not known to have used, produced, transferred, or stockpiled cluster munitions.
Policy
Barbados has not yet acceded to the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
Barbados did not participate in the Oslo Process that created the convention. It has never made an official statement to elaborate its views on banning cluster munitions or attended a meeting on topic.
Nonetheless, Barbados voted in favor of the first UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution on implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions on 7 December 2015.[1] It has also voted in favor of UNGA resolutions condemning the use of cluster munitions in Syria, including Resolution 70/234 on 23 December 2015, which “deplores and condemns” the continued use.[2]
Barbados is party to the Mine Ban Treaty. It has not joined the Convention on Conventional Weapons.
Use, production, transfer, and stockpiling
Barbados is not known to have used, produced, transferred, or stockpiled cluster munitions.
[1] “Implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions,” UNGA Resolution 70/54, 7 December 2015.
[2] “Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic,” UNGA Resolution 70/234, 23 December 2015. Barbados voted in favor of similar resolutions on 18 December 2013 and 18 December 2014.
Mine Ban Policy
Barbados signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997 and ratified it on 26 January 1999, becoming a State Party on 1 July 1999. Barbados has never used, produced, imported, exported, or stockpiled antipersonnel mines, including for training purposes. Barbados has not enacted new legislation specifically to implement the Mine Ban Treaty. Barbados submitted its initial Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 report on 12 May 2003, but has not provided subsequent annual reports.
Barbados did not attend any Mine Ban Treaty meetings in 2011 or the first half of 2012.
Barbados is not party to the Convention on Conventional Weapons.