Five-Year Review: Non-signatory Brunei Darussalam has not commented on its position on accession to the convention. It has participated in one meeting of the convention as an observer. In 2010, a government representative said Brunei does not possess cluster munitions. It is not known to have used, produced, or transferred cluster munitions.

Policy

Brunei Darussalam has not acceded to the Convention on Cluster Munitions.

Brunei has never made a public statement explaining its position on joining the Convention on Cluster Munitions.[1]

Brunei participated in several meetings of the Oslo Process that created the convention and joined in the consensus adoption of the convention in Dublin on 30 May 2008. Brunei did not, however, attend the Convention on Cluster Munitions Signing Conference in Oslo in December 2008.[2]

Brunei participated as an observer in the convention’s First Meeting of States Parties in Vientiane, Lao PDR in November 2010, which remains its only participation in a meeting of the convention.

Brunei is a State Party to the Mine Ban Treaty. It is not party to the Convention on Conventional Weapons.

Use, production, transfer, and stockpiling

Brunei is not known to have used, produced, or transferred cluster munitions. In 2010, a government representative said that Brunei does not possess a stockpile of cluster munitions.[3]