LM Report 2004

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Key developments since 1999: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ratified the Mine Ban Treaty on 1 August 2001 and became a State Party on 1 February 2002.

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. In July 2004, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines informed Landmine Monitor that national legislation prohibiting mines, Act No. 45 of 2002, took effect on 24 December 2002.^[1] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines participated in the Ottawa process and has subsequently attended two annual meetings of States Parties (1999 and 2001). 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.^[2] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has voted in support of almost every annual pro-ban UN General Assembly resolution since 1996. The country has never produced, transferred, stockpiled, or used antipersonnel mines, and is not mine-affected.^[3]

[1] Response to Landmine Monitor Questionnaire, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Trade, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 12 July 2004.
[2] 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 ICBL (Elizabeth Bernstein) from Judith Jones-Morgan, Attorney General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 31 August 2002.
[3] Response to Landmine Monitor Questionnaire, 22 April 1999.