BASIC FACTS

Also known as the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis is a Commonwealth country located in the Lesser Antilles islands of the West Indies. Saint Kitts and Nevis is a constitutional monarchy that gained its independence in 1983.

Capital: Basseterre

There are no nuclear power plants or research reactors in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) since 2006
• Acceded to Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 1991
• Succeeded to 1925 Geneva Protocol in 1989
• Signed Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 1997
  • Ratified in 1998
• Signed Arms Trade Treaty in 2013
  • Ratified in 2014
• Signed Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1994
  • Ratified in 2004
• Signed Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 2004
  • Ratified in 2005
• Acceded to Convention on Cluster Munitions in 2013
• Signed Inter-American Convention on Firearms in 1997
  • Ratified in 2004
• Ratified Sea-bed Treaeety in 1972
• Signed Treaty of Tlatelolco in 1994
  • Ratified in 2012
• Acceded to Treaty for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1993
• Signed Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in 2019

REGIONAL GROUPS

• Member of Organization of American States (OAS) since 1964
• Member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
• Member of GRULAC

LINKS

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament