Saint
Lucia signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997, ratified on 13 April 1999
and the treaty entered into force on 1 October 1999. It is not believed to have
enacted domestic implementing legislation and has not yet submitted its initial
Article 7 transparency report, due 29 March 2000. In July 2001, a Ministry of
Foreign Affairs official told Landmine Monitor that Saint Lucia intends to file
the transparency report but he did not provide a date for the
submission.[1] Saint Lucia
voted in favor of UN General Assembly Resolution 55/33V, in support of the Mine
Ban Treaty. It has never produced, stockpiled, transferred, or used
antipersonnel mines and is not
mine-affected.[2]
[1] Telephone interview Peter
Lansiquot, Head, Political and Economic Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
12 July 2001.
[2] Response by
the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, to
Landmine Monitor questionnaire, 1 February 1999.