LM Report 2000

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SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997. It is the only member of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) that has not yet ratified the ban treaty, even though it told Landmine Monitor in April 1999 that ratification would take “another three weeks.”^[1] In response to a letter from Mines Action Canada (MAC), Mr. George Bullen, High Commissioner of the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States in Ottawa, wrote that he has forwarded MAC’s concerns about the delay in ratification on to the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.^[2]

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines voted in favor of the December 1999 UN General Assembly resolution supporting the Mine Ban Treaty. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has stated that it has never produced, transferred, stockpiled or used AP mines and that it is not mine-affected.^[3]

[1] Response by Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tourism and Information, Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to 1999 Landmine Monitor Questionnaire, 22 April 1999.
[2] Letter from H.E. Mr. George R. E. Bullen, High Commissioner of the OECS, Ottawa, Canada, to Mr. Paul Hannon, Executive Director of Mines Action Canada, 28 June 2000.
[3] Response to Landmine Monitor 1999 Questionnaire, 22 April 1999.