Key developments since May 2003: São Tomé e
Príncipe became a State Party on 1 September 2003, having ratified the
Mine Ban Treaty on 31 March 2003. It has not submitted its initial Article 7
transparency report, which was due on 28 February 2004.
São Tomé e Príncipe did not participate in the Ottawa
Process leading to the Mine Ban Treaty in 1997, but it signed the treaty on 30
April 1998 and ratified on 31 March 2003. The treaty entered into force on 1
September 2003. It is not known if the country has enacted implementing
legislation, as São Tomé has not submitted its initial Article 7
report, due by 28 February 2004. It has never attended a Mine Ban
Treaty-related meeting. São Tomé has been absent from the votes
on the annual pro-mine ban resolutions by the United Nations General Assembly
since 1996.
São Tomé e Príncipe is not believed to have produced or
exported antipersonnel mines. According to a 1999 statement by a representative
of the Chief of Staff of the São Toméan Armed Forces, there are no
stockpiles of antipersonnel mines in the
country.[1] São
Tomé is not mine-affected.
[1] Telephone interview with Luis Maria,
Office of the Chief of Staff, São Toméan Armed Forces, São
Tomé, 26 March 1999.
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