Summary: Non-signatory the Solomon Islands has not elaborated its position on accession to the convention, but government representatives have expressed support for its humanitarian objectives. It voted in favor of a UN resolution on the convention in December 2016 and participated in the first meetings of the convention in 2010 and 2011. The Solomon Islands is not known to have ever used, produced, transferred, or stockpiled cluster munitions.

Policy

The Solomon Islands has not yet acceded to the Convention on Cluster Munitions.

The status of accession is not known. Previously, in 2010 and 2011, officials expressed support for the convention and indicated the government was actively working to join it.[1]

In December 2016, the Solomon Islands voted in favor of a UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution that urges states outside the Convention on Cluster Munitions to “join as soon as possible.”[2] It also voted in favor of the first UNGA resolution on the convention in 2015.[3]

The Solomon Islands did not participate in the Oslo Process that created the Convention on Cluster Munitions.

The Solomon Islands participated as an observer in the convention’s Meetings of States Parties in 2010 and 2011, but did not make any statements.

The Solomon Islands has voted in favor of UNGA resolutions expressing outrage at the use of cluster munitions in Syria, most recently in December 2016.[4]

The Solomon Islands is a State Party to the Mine Ban Treaty.

Use, production, transfer, and stockpiling

The Solomon Islands is not known to have ever used, produced, transferred, or stockpiled cluster munitions. In 2011, a government representative told the Monitor that the Solomon Islands are not affected by cluster munition remnants.[5]