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Country Profile: Dominica

BASIC FACTS

Dominica is a Member Country of the NAM Movement since 2006 

Officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, Dominicais a parliamentary republic island state situated in the Caribbean, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. 

Capital: Roseau

Dominica does not currently operate any nuclear power plants and has issued strong statements surrounding its position to never having sought to possess or control nuclear weapons. Dominica has also endorsed humanitarian pledges to cooperate towards the elimination of nuclear weapons.

Dominica has signed, ratified, and enforced the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in September of 2019, October of 2019, and January of 2021, respectively.

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

  • IAEA Membership (2012)5 

  • Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco) (1969)6 

  • Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) (1984)7 

  • Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) (2022)8 

  • Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) (2021) 

 

AGREEMENTS (In Force):

 

  • Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the IAEA (1982) 

  • Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (1977) 

  • Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (1997) 

  • Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (2016) 

  • Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident (1991) 

  • Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency (1991) 

  • Convention on Nuclear Safety (2017) 

  • Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management (2017) 

  • Revised Supplementary Agreements Concerning the Provision of Technical Assistance by the IAEA (RSA) (1993) 

  • Agreement to further extend the Co-operation Agreement for the Promotion of Nuclear Science and Technology in Latin America and the Caribbean (ARCAL) (2021) 

  • Application of Safeguards in connection with the Supply of a Nuclear Power Plant from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1980) 

  • Application of Safeguards in connection with the Supply of a Zero-Power Nuclear Reactor from the Hungarian People's Republic (1983) 

  • Agreement between the Republic of Cuba and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in connection with the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean and the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (2004) 

  • Protocol Additional to the Agreement between the Republic of Cuba and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in connection with the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (2004) 


REGIONAL GROUPS

  • Member of the G-77
  • Member of the Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
  • Member of the Organization of American States (OAS)
  • Member of the Organization for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL)
  • Member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

RECENT REPRESENTATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

  • Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) since 2011

LINKS

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament