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]
[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.