LM Report 2000

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SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

Saint Kitts and Nevis signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997 and ratified on 2 December 1998. The treaty entered into force for Saint Kitts and Nevis on 1 June 1999. It has not yet enacted domestic implementing legislation. Saint Kitts and Nevis’ Article 7 transparency report, due 27 November 1999, was submitted to the UN on 16 May 2000. The delay was due to illness and subsequent death of UN Ambassador Lee L. Moore.^[1] In a letter to the Landmine Monitor, Mrs. Astona Browne, Chargé d’affaires of the Permanent Mission of Saint Kitts and Nevis to the United Nations, wrote, “We applaud your organization for its initiative in raising the awareness of the global community with regards to the global landmine situation, humanitarian mine action, and compliance with the Mine Ban Treaty.”^[2] Saint Kitts and Nevis did not participate in 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. Saint Kitts and Nevis voted in favor of UN General Assembly Resolution 54/54B in December 1999 in support of the Mine Ban Treaty. The Article 7 report confirmed that Saint Kitts and Nevis has no stockpiled AP mines and that it is mine-free.^[3] Saint Kitts and Nevis has never produced, transferred or used AP mines.

[1] Telephone interview with Astona Browne, Chargé d’affaires of the Permanent Mission of Saint Kitts and Nevis to the UN, 30 May 2000.
[2] Letter from Astona Browne to Landmine Monitor, 16 May 2000.
[3] Article 7 report received from Astona Browne by the Landmine Monitor, 16 May 2000.