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SAINT LUCIA, Landmine Monitor Report 2000
LM Report 2000 Full Report   Executive Summary   Key Findings   Key Developments   Translated Country Reports

SAINT LUCIA

Saint Lucia signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997 and ratified on 13 April 1999. The treaty entered into force for Saint Lucia on 1 October 1999. It is not believed to have enacted domestic implementing legislation. Saint Lucia has not yet submitted its Article 7 transparency report, due on 29 March 2000. Saint Lucia 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. It voted in favor of UN General Assembly Resolution 54/54B in December 1999 in support of the Mine Ban Treaty. Saint Lucia has never produced, transferred, used or stockpiled antipersonnel landmines. It is not mine-affected.[1]

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[1] Landmine Monitor 1999 Questionnaire, completed by the office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Government of Saint Lucia, 1 February 1999.