Dominica signed the Mine
Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997 and ratified on 26 March 1999. The treaty entered
into force for Dominica on 1 September 1999. It is not believed to have enacted
domestic implementing legislation. Dominica has not yet submitted its Article 7
transparency report, due 27 February 2000, but according to the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, the report has been prepared and will be sent to the UN pending
final approval by the Permanent
Secretary.[1] Dominica was not
present at the First Meeting of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty in Maputo
in May 1999 and has not participated in the intersessional meetings of the ban
treaty. It voted in favor of the December 1999 UN General Assembly resolution
supporting the Mine Ban Treaty. Dominica is not believed to have ever produced,
stockpiled, transferred or used AP mines. It is not mine-affected.