LM Report 2003

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997, ratified on 1 August 2001, and the treaty entered into force on 1 February 2002. It has not yet enacted domestic implementing legislation. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines cosponsored and voted in favor of the pro-ban UN General Assembly Resolution 57/74 in November 2002. It has not yet submitted its initial Article 7 transparency report, due 31 July 2002, but the Attorney General is aware of this treaty obligation.^[1] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has never produced, transferred, stockpiled, or used antipersonnel mines, and is not mine-affected.^[2]

[1] In August 2002, the government requested a copy of the ICRC handbook on implementation legislation, as well as VERTIC’s guide on Article 7 reporting. Fax to Elizabeth Bernstein, ICBL Coordinator, from Judith Jones-Morgan, Attorney General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 31 August 2001.
[2] Response to Landmine Monitor Report 1999 questionnaire, 22 April 1999.