Key developments since 1999: Niue became a State Party on 1 March
1999.
Niue signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997. It ratified the treaty
on 15 April 1998, the ninth country to do so, and the agreement entered into
force on 1 March 1999. All three Article 7 reports submitted by Niue are
“nil” reports as the country has never produced, transferred, used,
or stockpiled antipersonnel mines, and is not
mine-affected.[1] The
government has not enacted domestic legislation to implement the treaty. Niue
is not eligible to vote on the annual pro-mine ban resolutions in the General
Assembly as it is not a member of the United Nations.
[1] See Article 7 reports submitted 2
September 1999, 18 February 2002, and 30 April 2002.