BASIC FACTS

Barbados is an island country in the Caribbean Sea, situated approximately 100 miles from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Barbados is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy that gained its independence in 1966.

Capital: Bridgetown

Barbados does not possess any nuclear power plants, research reactors, or other nuclear facilities.

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Joined the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in 1983
• Signed Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1968
• Ratified in 1980
• Succeeded to the 1925 Geneva Protocol in 1976
• Acceded to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 2007
• Signed Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 1973
• Ratified in 1973
• Signed Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 2008
• Ratified in 2008
• Acceded to the Outer Space Treaty in 1968
• Signed the Treaty of Tlatelolco in 1968
• Ratified in 1969
• Signed the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 1997
• Ratified in 1999
• Signed the Inter-American Convention on Firearms in 2001
• Ratified in 2004
• Signed the Inter-American Convention on Transparency in 2001
  • Ratified in 2004
• Signed the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in 2013
  • Ratified in 2015

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

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament