Guinea signed the Mine
Ban Treaty on 4 December 1997 and ratified on 8 October 1998. The treaty
entered into force for Guinea on 1 April 1999. It has not yet submitted its
Article 7 transparency report, due by 28 September 1999. A government official
claimed that a “resource shortage” is responsible for the
delay.[1] Guinea attended the
First Meeting of States Parties in Maputo in May 1999. It has not participated
in any meetings of the Intersessional Standing Committees of Experts. Guinea
voted for UN General Assembly Resolution 54/54 B supporting the Mine Ban Treaty
in December 1999. It is not a party to the CCW nor is it a member of the
Conference on Disarmament.
Guinea is not thought to have ever produced or exported antipersonnel mines.
It is not known if Guinea has a stockpile of AP mines. Mines have not been used
in Guinea, although there may be some mines and UXO in border areas from the
conflicts in Sierra Leone and
Liberia.[2] There are currently
no mine action operations in Guinea and there is no existing data on mine
victims in Guinea.
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