The Bahamas signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3
December 1997, ratified on 31 July 1998, and the treaty entered into force on 1
March 1999. The Bahamas has yet to enact domestic implementation
legislation.[1] The Bahamas
submitted an initial Article 7 transparency report on 12 March 2002, but it has
not submitted the subsequent annual report, due 30 April 2003. The Bahamas
sponsored and voted in support of pro-ban UN General Assembly Resolution 57/74.
It has never produced, transferred, or used antipersonnel
mines.[2] In its Article 7
Report, the Bahamas declared no stockpile of mines, including for training, and
confirmed that it is not
mine-affected.[3]
[1] It did not complete Form A (National
implementation measures) of its Article 7 Report, 12 March
2002. [2] Landmine Monitor questionnaire
completed by the High Commission for the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Ottawa, 2
February 1999. [3] Article 7 Report, 12
March 2002.