Guinea signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 4 December
1997. In a statement to the Signing Ceremony, Guinea made an appeal to the
international community to implement the relevant articles of the treaty
relating to assistance in mine clearance and victim
assistance.[3] Guinea ratified the
treaty on 8 October 1998, the forty-seventh country to do so.
Guinea participated in African efforts to support the Ottawa Process
including the OAU meeting on landmines in Kempton Park in May 1997. It endorsed
the Brussels Declaration and attended key prepatory meetings of the Ottawa
Process including the October 1996 International Strategy meeting in Ottawa.
Guinea was a full participant to the Oslo treaty negotiations where it spoke out
against U.S. proposals which, if accepted, would have seriously weakened the
treaty. Guinea has supported all relevant UN General Assembly resolutions
calling for a total ban on antipersonnel mines.
Guinea is not a known producer or exporter of landmines. It is not known if
Guinea has imported AP mines or holds AP mines in stockpile. Mines have not
been used in Guinea. There are some mines in border areas, owing to conflict in
the neighboring countries of Sierra Leone and
Liberia.[4] Guinean troops have
been involved in the recent conflict in neighboring Guinea-Bissau,
intervening—along with Senegal—to support the President of the
country when the military rebelled after the President sacked the Army Chief of
Staff. In the fighting, landmines were reportedly used by the government of
Guinea-Bissau and Senegalese forces, and by the rebels. However, there have
been no confirmed reports of mine use by Guinean troops during the conflict.
(See Landmine Monitor report on Guinea-Bissau.) There are currently no mine
action operations in Guinea and there is currently no existing data on mine
victims in Guinea.
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