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Country Reports
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction

The full text of the convention can be found in English as well as other languages at:
http://www.icbl.org/treaty/text

The current status of the Mine Ban Treaty can be found at http://www.icbl.org/treaty/members


1997 Mine Ban Treaty




Country
Position
Entry Into Force Date
Initial Article 7 Report Submitted
2003 UNGA
Resolution 58/53
Fifth Meeting of State Parties
CCW Amended Protocol II – Consent to be Bound
Afghanistan
Acceded
1 March 2003
Yes
Yes
Yes

Albania
Ratified
1 August 2000
Yes
Yes
Yes
28 August 2002
Algeria
Ratified
1 April 2002
Yes
Yes
Yes

Andorra
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
No

Angola
Ratified
1 January 2003
Yes
Yes
Yes

Antigua & Barbuda
Ratified
1 November 1999
Yes
Yes
No

Argentina
Ratified
1 March 2000
Yes
Yes
Yes
21 October 1998
Armenia
Not Joined


Yes
No

Australia
Ratified
1 July 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
22 August 1997
Austria
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
27 July 1998
Azerbaijan
Not Joined


Abstained
No

Bahamas
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
No

Bahrain
Not Joined


Yes
No

Bangladesh
Ratified
1 March 2001
Yes
Yes
Yes
6 September 2000
Barbados
Ratified
1 July 1999
Yes
Yes
No

Belarus
Acceded
1 March 2004
Yes
Yes
Yes
2 March 2004
Belgium
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
10 March 1999
Belize
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
No

Benin
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes

Bhutan
Not Joined


Yes
Yes

Bolivia
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
No
21 September 2001
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
7 September 2000
Botswana
Ratified
1 September 2000
Yes
Yes
No

Brazil
Ratified
1 October 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
4 October 1999
Brunei Darussalam
Signed


Yes
Yes

Bulgaria
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
3 December 1998
Burkina Faso
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
26 November 2003
Burma (Myanmar)
Not Joined


Abstained
Yes

Burundi
Ratified
1 April 2004
No
Yes
Yes

Cambodia
Ratified
1 January 2000
Yes
Yes
Yes
25 March 1997
Cameroon
Ratified
1 March 2003
Yes
Yes
Yes

Canada
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
5 January 1998
Cape Verde
Ratified
1 November 2001
Due 30 April 2002
Yes
No
16 September 1997
Central African Republic
Acceded
1 May 2003
No
Yes
No

Chad
Ratified
1 November 1999
Yes
Absent
Yes

Chile
Ratified
1 March 2002
Yes
Yes
Yes
15 October 2003
China, P.R.
Not Joined


Abstained
Yes
4 November 1998
Colombia
Ratified
1 March 2001
Yes
Yes
Yes
6 March 2000
Comoros
Acceded
1 March 2003
Yes
Yes
Yes

Congo, Democratic Republic of
Acceded
1 November 2002
Yes
Absent
Yes

Congo, Republic of
Acceded
1 November 2001
Yes
Yes
Yes

Cook Islands
Signed



No

Costa Rica
Ratified
1 September 1999
Yes
Yes
No
17 December 1998
Côte D'Ivoire
Ratified
1 December 2000
Yes
Yes
Yes

Croatia
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
25 April 2002
Cuba
Not Joined


Abstained
No

Cyprus
Ratified
1 July 2003
Yes
Yes
Yes
22 July 2003
Czech Republic
Ratified
1 April 2000
Yes
Yes
Yes
10 August 1998
Denmark
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
30 April 1997
Djibouti
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
No

Dominica
Ratified
1 September 1999
Yes
Absent
No

Dominican Republic
Ratified
1 December 2000
Yes
Yes
No

Ecuador
Ratified
1 October 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
14 August 2000
Egypt
Not Joined


Abstained
Yes

El Salvador
Ratified
1 July 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
26 January 2000
Equatorial Guinea
Acceded
1 March 1999
Due 28 August 1999
Absent
No

Eritrea
Acceded
1 February 2002
Yes
Yes
Yes

Estonia
Acceded
1 November 2004
Due 30 April 2005
Yes
No
20 April 2000
Ethiopia
Signed


Yes
Yes

Fiji
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
No

Finland
Not Joined


Yes
Yes
3 April 1998
France
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
23 July 1998
Gabon
Ratified
1 March 2001
Yes
Yes
Yes

The Gambia
Ratified
1 March 2003
Yes
Yes
No

Georgia
Not Joined


Yes
No

Germany
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
2 May 1997
Ghana
Ratified
1 December 2000
Yes
Yes
No

Greece
Ratified
1 March 2004
Yes
Yes
Yes
20 January 1999
Grenada
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
No

Guatemala
Ratified
1 September 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
29 October 2001
Guinea
Ratified
1 April 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes

Guinea-Bissau
Ratified
1 November 2001
Yes
Yes
Yes

Guyana
Ratified
1 February 2004
No
Yes
Yes

Haiti
Signed


Yes
Yes

Holy See
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes

Yes
22 July 1997
Honduras
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
30 October 2003
Hungary
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
30 January 1998
Iceland
Ratified
1 November 1999
Yes
Yes
No

India
Not Joined


Abstained
No
2 September 1999
Indonesia
Signed


Yes
Yes

Iran
Not Joined


Abstained
No

Iraq
Not Joined



No

Ireland
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
27 March 1997
Israel
Not Joined


Abstained
No
30 October 2000
Italy
Ratified
1 October 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
13 January 1999
Jamaica
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
No

Japan
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
10 June 1997
Jordan
Ratified
1 May 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
6 September 2000
Kazakhstan
Not Joined


Abstained
Yes

Kenya
Ratified
1 July 2001
Yes
Yes
Yes

Kiribati
Acceded
1 March 2001
Yes
Absent
No

Korea, Democratic Republic of
Not Joined


Absent
No

Korea, Republic of
Not Joined


Abstain
No
9 May 2001
Kuwait
Not Joined


Absent
Yes

Kyrgyzstan
Not Joined


Abstained
No

Lao People's Democratic Republic
Not Joined


Absent
Yes

Latvia
Not Joined


Yes
No
22 August 2002
Lebanon
Not Joined


Abstained
No

Lesotho
Ratified
1 June 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes

Liberia
Acceded
1 June 2000
No

No

Libya
Not Joined


Abstained
Yes

Liechtenstein
Ratified
1 April 2000
Yes
Yes
No
19 November 1997
Lithuania
Ratified
1 November 2003
Yes
Yes
Yes
3 June 1998
Luxembourg
Ratified
1 December 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
5 August 1999
Macedonia, FYR
Acceded
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes

Madagascar
Ratified
1 March 2000
Yes
Yes
Yes

Malawi
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes

Malaysia
Ratified
1 October 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes

Maldives
Ratified
1 March 2001
Yes
Yes
No
7 September 2000
Mali
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
24 October 2001
Malta
Ratified
1 November 2001
Yes
Yes
No
24 September 2004
Marshall Islands
Signed


Abstained
No

Mauritania
Ratified
1 January 2001
Yes
Yes
Yes

Mauritius
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
No

México
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes

Micronesia, Federated States of
Not Joined


Abstained
No

Moldova
Ratified
1 March 2001
Yes
Yes
Yes
16 July 2001
Monaco
Ratified
1 May 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
12 August 1997
Mongolia
Not Joined


Yes
Yes

Morocco
Not Joined


Abstained
Yes
19 March 2002
Mozambique
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes

Namibia
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes

Nauru
Acceded
1 February 2001
Yes
Yes
No
12 November 2001
Nepal
Not Joined


Yes
No

Netherlands
Ratified
1 October 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
25 March 1999
New Zealand
Ratified
1 July 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
8 January 1998
Nicaragua
Ratified
1 May 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
5 December 2000
Niger
Ratified
1 September 1999
Yes

Yes

Nigeria
Acceded
1 March 2002
Yes
Yes
No

Niue
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes

No

Norway
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
20 April 1998
Oman
Not Joined


Yes
No

Pakistan
Not Joined


Abstained
No
9 March 1999
Palau
Not Joined


Absent
Yes

Panamá
Ratified
1 April 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
3 November 1999
Papua New Guinea
Acceded
1 December 2004
Due 30 May 2005
Yes
No

Paraguay
Ratified
1 May 1999
Yes
Yes
No
22 September 2004
Peru
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
3 July 1997
Philippines
Ratified
1 August 2000
Yes
Yes
Yes
12 June 1997
Poland
Signed

Yes
Yes
Yes
14 October 2003
Portugal
Ratified
1 August 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
31 March 1999
Qatar
Ratified
1 April 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes

Romania
Ratified
1 May 2001
Yes
Yes
Yes
25 August 2003
Russian Federation
Not Joined


Abstained
No

Rwanda
Ratified
1 December 2000
Yes
Yes
Yes

Samoa
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
No

San Marino
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
No

São Tomé e Príncipe
Ratified
1 September 2003
No
Absent
No

Saudi Arabia
Not Joined


Absent
Yes

Senegal
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
29 November 1999
Serbia and Montenegro
Acceded
1 March 2004
No
Yes
Yes

Seychelles
Ratified
1 December 2000
Yes
Yes
No
8 June 2000
Sierra Leone
Ratified
1 October 2001
Due 30 March 2002
Yes
No
30 September 2004
Singapore
Not Joined


Yes
Yes

Slovakia
Ratified
1 August 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
30 November 1999
Slovenia
Ratified
1 April 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
3 December 2002
Solomon Islands
Ratified
1 July 1999
Yes
Yes
No

Somalia
Not Joined


Yes
No

South Africa
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
26 June 1998
Spain
Ratified
1 July 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
27 January 1998
Sri Lanka
Not Joined


Yes
Yes
24 September 2004
St. Kitts & Nevis
Ratified
1 June 1999
Yes
Absent
No

St. Lucia
Ratified
1 October 1999
No
Yes
No

St. Vincent & Grenadines
Ratified
1 February 2002
No
Yes
No

Sudan
Ratified
1 April 2004
No
Yes
Yes

Suriname
Ratified
1 November 2002
Yes
Yes
Yes

Swaziland
Ratified
1 June 1999
Yes
Yes
No

Sweden
Ratified
1 May 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
16 July 1997
Switzerland
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
24 March 1998
Syria
Not Joined


Abstained
No

Tajikistan
Acceded
1 April 2000
Yes
Abstained
Yes
12 October 1999
Tanzania
Ratified
1 May 2001
Yes
Yes
Yes

Thailand
Ratified
1 May 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes

Timor-Leste
Acceded
1 November 2003
Yes
Yes
Yes

Togo
Ratified
1 September 2000
Yes
Yes
Yes

Tonga
Not Joined


Yes
No

Trinidad & Tobago
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
No

Tunisia
Ratified
1 January 2000
Yes
Yes
No

Turkey
Acceded
1 March 2004
No
Yes
Yes

Turkmenistan
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
No
19 March 2004
Tuvalu
Not Joined


Absent
No

Uganda
Ratified
1 August 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes

Ukraine
Signed


Yes
Yes
15 December 1999
United Arab Emirates
Not Joined


Yes
Yes

United Kingdom
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes
11 February 1999
United States of America
Not Joined


Abstained
No
24 May 1999
Uruguay
Ratified
1 December 2001
Yes
Yes
No
18 August1998
Uzbekistan
Not Joined


Abstained
No

Vanuatu
Signed


Yes
No

Venezuela
Ratified
1 October 1999
Yes
Yes
No

Vietnam
Not Joined


Abstained
Yes

Yemen
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes

Zambia
Ratified
1 August 2001
Yes
Yes
Yes

Zimbabwe
Ratified
1 March 1999
Yes
Yes
Yes