Antigua and Barbuda signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3
December 1997, ratified on 3 May 1999, and the treaty entered into force on 1
November 1999. Antigua and Barbuda states that existing legislation makes any
treaty it joins part of domestic
law.[1] Antigua and Barbuda
provided its initial Article 7 transparency report on 29 March 2000, but has not
submitted any subsequent annual reports. It was absent from the vote on UN
General Assembly resolution 57/74, but cosponsored the resolution.
Antigua and Barbuda has never used, produced, imported, or stockpiled
antipersonnel landmines, including for training purposes, and is not
mine-affected.[2]
[1] Ambassador Lionel Hurst, Permanent
Representative to the OAS. Notes taken by Landmine Monitor (HRW) during
Hemispheric Security Committee session on landmines, OAS, Washington DC, 14
March 2002. [2] Article 7 Report,
submitted 29 March 2000.