Palau did not participate in the Ottawa Process and
has not signed the Mine Ban Treaty. One possible reason could be Palau’s
close economic, political and defense relationship with the United States, a
non-signatory of the treaty. Since 1994, Palau has been an independent nation
and member state of the United Nations but the United States continues to retain
some rights to a third of Palauan territory through a Compact of Free
Association which will last for fifty years.
There was fierce fighting in the islands of Palau in the latter stages of
World War Two, but Palau is not believed to be mine-affected. Palau is not
believed to have ever produced, transferred, stockpiled or used antipersonnel
landmines.
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