Summary

Non-signatory Dominica has not taken any steps to accede to the Convention on Cluster Munitions. It has never participated in a meeting of the convention, even as an observer. Dominica voted in favor of the key annual United Nations (UN) resolution promoting the convention in 2021. Dominica has stated that it has never used, produced, transferred, or stockpiled cluster munitions.

Policy

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

Dominica last provided its views on the convention in 2010, when a Ministry of Finance official told the Monitor that the government had “no interest in being a party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions.”[1]

Dominica did not participate in the Oslo Process that created the convention, while it has never attended a meeting of the convention, even as an observer.

Dominica voted in favor of the key annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution in December 2021, which urged states outside the Convention on Cluster Munitions to “join as soon as possible.”[2]

Dominica is a State Party to the Mine Ban Treaty. It is not party to the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW).

Use, production, transfer, and stockpiling

In 2010, Dominica told the Monitor that it has not used, produced, transferred, or stockpiled cluster munitions.[3]