Country Profile: Barbados
BASIC FACTS
Barbados is a Member Country of the NAM Movement since 1983
Barbadosis a parliamentary republicsituated in the North Atlantic Ocean. It isan island nation in the Caribbean.
Capital: Bridgetown
Barbados is a nuclear-weapon-free state and does not operate any nuclear energy programs. According to a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Barbados is part of a group of small island nations of the Caribbean that are receiving assistance by the IAEA under the Regulatory Infrastructure Development Project (RIDP) to develop nuclear and radiological regulatory frameworks for the safe deployment of radiological sources across critical civilian sectors – including medicine, agriculture, and research. Under the RIDP, Barbados, together with other Caribbean nations, will benefit from the peaceful uses of both nuclear and radiological applications and enhance its protocols for thesecure implementationthereof.
Barbadoshas signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in September of 2022, but has not yet ratified it.
TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
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IAEA Membership (2015)
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Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco) (1969)
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Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1980)
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Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) (2008)
AGREEMENTS (In force)
- Agreement between the Government of Barbados and the IAEA for the Application of Safeguards in connection with the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (with Protocol) (1996)
REGIONAL GROUPS
- Member of the G-77
- Member of the Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
- Member of the Organization of American States (OAS)
- Founding member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
LINKS
Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament