Ghana signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 4 December
1997, ratified on 30 June 2000, and the treaty entered into force on 1 December
2000. In its initial Article 7 transparency report, submitted on 24 July 2002,
Ghana indicates that national implementation measures have not yet been
enacted.[1] Ghana participated
in the Fourth Meeting of States Parties in September 2002, and attended
intersessional Standing Committee meetings in February 2003. It voted in favor
of UN General Assembly Resolution 57/74 on 22 November 2002, calling for the
universalization and implementation of the Mine Ban Treaty. Ghana states that
it does not use, produce, or stockpile antipersonnel mines (including for
training) and has never exported or transferred antipersonnel
mines.[2] Ghana is not
mine-affected.