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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Landmine Monitor Report 2000
LM Report 2000 Full Report   Executive Summary   Key Findings   Key Developments   Translated Country Reports

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

The Dominican Republic signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997 and ratified on 30 June 2000. It is not believed to have enacted domestic implementing legislation. The Dominican Republic 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. The Dominican Republic is not believed to have ever produced, transferred, stockpiled or used AP mines. It is not mine-affected.