The Dominican Republic signed the Mine Ban Treaty
on 3 December 1997, ratified on 30 June 2000, and the treaty entered into force
on 1 December 2000. According to its initial Article 7 transparency measures
report submitted 28 May 2002, the Dominican Republic has not enacted domestic
implementing legislation because it is not mine-affected and does not stockpile
antipersonnel mines.[1] The
Dominican Republic submitted an annual report on 28 April 2003. The Dominican
Republic sponsored and voted in support of pro-ban UN General Assembly
Resolution 57/74 in November 2002.
In June 2003, Nicaragua’s Minister of Defense announced that 840
soldiers from Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic would
carry out mine clearance and humanitarian assistance in central and southern
Iraq as part of an international force under Spanish command and paid for by the
United States.[2]
[1] Article 7 Report submitted 26 September
2001 [2] “Enviará
Centroamérica unos 840 soldados a reconstrucción de Irak,”
Notimex (Managua), 12 June 2003.
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