Summary: Non-signatory Suriname acknowledges the humanitarian concerns raised by cluster munitions, but has not taken any steps to accede to the convention. It last participated in a meeting of the convention in 2013. Suriname voted in favor of a key United Nations (UN) resolution promoting the convention in December 2018. Suriname states that it has not used, produced, or stockpiled cluster munitions.

Policy

The Republic of Suriname has not yet acceded to the Convention on Cluster Munitions.

Suriname acknowledges the humanitarian concerns raised by cluster munitions, and has expressed interest in joining on several occasions. [1] It is not known to have taken any steps to accede to the convention since the executive governing body received a report in 2013 recommending approval of Suriname’s accession to the convention. [2]

Suriname attended one meeting of the Oslo Process that created the convention, in Vienna in December 2007. It did not participate in the Dublin negotiations or the Convention on Cluster Munitions Signing Conference in Oslo in December 2008. Suriname attended a regional conference on cluster munitions in Santiago, Chile in September 2009.

Suriname had participated as an observer in meetings of the convention, but not since 2013. [3]

Suriname voted in favor of a key UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution in December 2018 that urges states outside the Convention on Cluster Munitions to “join as soon as possible.” [4] It has voted in favor of the annual UNGA resolution promoting the convention since it was first introduced in 2015.

Suriname is party to the Mine Ban Treaty. It is not party to the Convention on Conventional Weapons.

Use, production, transfer, and stockpiling

Suriname stated in 2013 that it has not produced, used, or stockpiled cluster munitions. [5]