BASIC FACTS

The Commonwealth of Dominica is a mountainous Caribbean island nation that lies between the French islands of Guadeloupe and Marie-Galante to the north and Martinique to the south. Dominica is a parliamentary republic that gained its independence in 1978.

Capital: Roseau

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

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Joined the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in 2006
• Succeeded to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1984
• Signed the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 1997
  • Ratified in 1999
• Signed the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in 2013
  • Ratified in 2015
• Succeeded to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 2016
• Signed the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1993
  • Ratified in 2001
• Succeeded to the Convention on Environmental Modification Techniques (ENMOD) in 1992
• Acceded to the Inter-American Convention on Firearms in 2004
• Signed the Inter-American Convention on Transparency in 1999
• Signed the Treaty of Tlatelolco in 1989
  • Ratified in 1993
• Acceded to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) in 2004
• Signed and ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear weapons (TPNW) in 2019

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