Barbados
signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997, ratified on 26 January 1999 and
the treaty entered into force on 1 July 1999. It is not believed to have
enacted domestic implementation legislation. On 12 July 2001, Barbados informed
Landmine Monitor that it had just submitted its first Article 7 report to the
United Nations (due 27 December
1999).[1] It voted in support
of UN General Assembly Resolution 55/33V. Barbados has stated that it has never
produced, stockpiled, transferred, or used antipersonnel mines, and is not
mine-affected.[2]
[1] Telephone interview with
Donna Ford, First Secretary, Barbados Permanent Mission to the United Nations,
12 July 2001.
[2] Government
of Barbados response to Landmine Monitor questionnaire, 29 January 1999.