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17 20 N, 62 45 W
Regional Information

Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, about one-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago

Capital City

Basseterre
Regional Relationships

Joins other Caribbean states to counter Venezuela's claim that Aves Island sustains human habitation, a criterion under UNCLOS, which permits Venezuela to extend its EEZ/continental shelf over a large portion of the eastern Caribbean Sea.
Environmental: Goals/Challenges/Agreements

Challenges

N/A

International Agreements

Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Humanitarian Projects
Native Languages

English
Climate

Tropical, tempered by constant sea breezes; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)