Issues
- In 2008, Barbados submitted an updated claim to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (UNCLCS) to extend its territorial waters and continental shelf (Exclusive Economic Zone) margins.
- Barbados started the process of settlement of maritime boundary with Guyana.
- Former Prime Minister Owen Arthur had announced that Barbados would begin to settle its maritime boundaries with France(Martinique).
Disputes - international:
- Venezuela, The Barbados Government charged that 1990 Maritime Delimitation Treaty agreement between Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela extended into its maritime area.
Illicit drugs:
- One of many Caribbean transshipment points for narcotics bound for the US and Europe
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