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Table of Contents
Country Reports
Detailed Summary Table, Landmine Monitor Report 2008

Mine Ban Treaty Status Table

1997 Mine Ban Treaty

Country

Position

Entry Into Force

Initial Article 7 Report

2007 UNGA

Resolution 62/41

8MSP

CCW Amended
Protocol II

CCW
Protocol V

Afghanistan

Acceded

1 March 2003

Yes

Yes

Yes

Albania

Ratified

1 August 2000

Yes

Yes

Yes

28 August 2002

12 May 2006

Algeria

Ratified

1 April 2002

Yes

Yes

Yes

Andorra

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

No

Angola

Ratified

1 January 2003

Yes

Absent

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

Yes

Australia

Ratified

1 July 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

22 August 1997

4 January 2007

Austria

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

27 July 1998

1 October 2007

Azerbaijan

Not Joined

Yes

No

Bahamas

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

No

Bahrain

Not Joined

Yes

Yes

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

Acceded

1 February 2006

Yes

Yes

No

Bolivia

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

No

21 September 2001

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

7 September 2000

28 November 2007

Botswana

Ratified

1 September 2000

Yes

Yes

No

Brazil

Ratified

1 October 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

4 October 1999

Brunei Darussalam

Ratified

1 October 2006

Yes

Yes

Yes

Bulgaria

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

3 December 1998

8 December 2005

Burkina Faso

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

26 November 2003

Burundi

Ratified

1 April 2004

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cambodia

Ratified

1 January 2000

Yes

Yes

Yes

25 March 1997

Cameroon

Ratified

1 March 2003

Yes

Yes

No

7 December 2006

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

Yes

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

Yes

Yes

4 November 1998

Colombia

Ratified

1 March 2001

Yes

Yes

Yes

6 March 2000

Comoros

Acceded

1 March 2003

Yes

Yes

No

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Acceded

1 November 2002

Yes

Absent

Yes

Congo, Republic of

Acceded

1 November 2001

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cook Islands

Ratified

1 September 2006

Yes

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

7 February 2005

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

6 June 2006

Denmark

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

30 April 1997

28 June 2005

Djibouti

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

No

Dominica

Ratified

1 September 1999

Yes

Yes

No

Dominican Republic

Ratified

1 December 2000

Yes

Yes

Yes

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

23 March 2006

Equatorial Guinea

Acceded

1 March 1999

Due 28 August 1999

Yes

No

Eritrea

Acceded

1 February 2002

Yes

Yes

Yes

Estonia

Acceded

1 November 2004

Yes

Yes

Yes

20 April 2000

18 December 2006

Ethiopia

Ratified

1 June 2005

Yes

Yes

Yes

Fiji

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

No

Finland

Not Joined

Yes

Yes

3 April 1998

23 March 2005

France

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

23 July 1998

31 October 2006

Gabon

Ratified

1 March 2001

Yes

Yes

No

The Gambia

Ratified

1 March 2003

Due 28 August 2003

Yes

No

Georgia

Not Joined

Yes

Yes

Germany

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

2 May 1997

3 March 2005

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

No

29 October 2001

28 February 2008

Guinea

Ratified

1 April 1999

Yes

Yes

No

Guinea-Bissau

Ratified

1 November 2001

Yes

Yes

Yes

6 August 2008

6 August 2008

Guyana

Ratified

1 February 2004

Yes

Yes

No

Haiti

Ratified

1 August 2006

Due 28 January 2007

Yes

Yes

Holy See

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

22 July 1997

13 December 2005

Honduras

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

30 October 2003

Hungary

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

30 January 1998

13 November 2006

Iceland

Ratified

1 November 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

22 August 2008

22 August 2008

India

Not Joined

Abstained

Yes

2 September 1999

18 May 2005

Indonesia

Ratified

1 August 2007

Yes

Yes

Yes

Iran

Not Joined

Abstained

No

Iraq

Acceded

1 February 2008

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ireland

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

27 March 1997

8 November 2006

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

Yes

No

Kenya

Ratified

1 July 2001

Yes

Yes

Yes

Kiribati

Acceded

1 March 2001

Yes

Absent

No

Korea, Democratic Republic of

Not Joined

Abstained

No

Korea, Republic of

Not Joined

Abstained

No

9 May 2001

23 January 2008

Kuwait

Acceded

1 January 2008

Yes

Yes

Yes

Kyrgyzstan

Not Joined

Abstained

No

Lao PDR

Not Joined

Yes

Yes

Latvia

Acceded

1 January 2006

Yes

Yes

No

22 August 2002

Lebanon

Not Joined

Abstained

No

Lesotho

Ratified

1 June 1999

Yes

Yes

No

Liberia

Acceded

1 June 2000

Yes

Yes

No

16 September 2005

16 September 2005

Libya

Not Joined

Abstained

Yes

Liechtenstein

Ratified

1 April 2000

Yes

Yes

No

19 November 1997

12 May 2006

Lithuania

Ratified

1 November 2003

Yes

Yes

Yes

3 June 1998

29 September 2004

Luxembourg

Ratified

1 December 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

5 August 1999

13 June 2005

Macedonia, FYR

Acceded

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

31 May 2005

19 September 2007

Madagascar

Ratified

1 March 2000

Yes

Yes

No

14 March 2008

14 March 2008

Malawi

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

No

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

No

24 October 2001

Malta

Ratified

1 November 2001

Yes

Yes

No

24 September 2004

22 September 2006

Marshall Islands

Signed

Yes

No

Mauritania

Ratified

1 January 2001

Yes

Yes

Yes

Mauritius

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

No

Mexico

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

Micronesia, Federated States of

Not Joined

Yes

No

Moldova

Ratified

1 March 2001

Yes

Yes

No

16 July 2001

21 April 2008

Monaco

Ratified

1 May 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

12 August 1997

Mongolia

Not Joined

Voluntary

Yes

Yes

Montenegro

Succeeded

1 April 2007

Yes

Yes

No

Morocco

Not Joined

Voluntary

Yes

Yes

19 March 2002

Mozambique

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

Myanmar

Not Joined

Abstained

No

Namibia

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

No

Nauru

Acceded

1 February 2001

Yes

Yes

No

12 November 2001

Nepal

Not Joined

Abstained

Yes

Netherlands

Ratified

1 October 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

25 March 1999

18 July 2005

New Zealand

Ratified

1 July 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

8 January 1998

2 October 2007

Nicaragua

Ratified

1 May 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

5 December 2000

15 September 2005

Niger

Ratified

1 September 1999

Yes

Yes

No

18 September 2007

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

8 December 2005

Oman

Not Joined

Yes

Yes

Pakistan

Not Joined

Abstained

Yes

9 March 1999

Palau

Acceded

1 May 2008

Due 28 October 2008

Yes

Yes

Panama

Ratified

1 April 1999

Yes

Yes

No

3 November 1999

Papua New Guinea

Acceded

1 December 2004

Yes

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

Voluntary

Yes

Yes

14 October 2003

Portugal

Ratified

1 August 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

31 March 1999

22 February 2008

Qatar

Ratified

1 April 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

Romania

Ratified

1 May 2001

Yes

Yes

Yes

25 August 2003

29 January 2008

Russian Federation

Not Joined

Abstained

No

2 March 2005

21 July 2008

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

Yes

Yes

No

Saudi Arabia

Not Joined

Absent

Yes

Senegal

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

29 November 1999

Serbia

Acceded

1 March 2004

Yes

Yes

Yes

Seychelles

Ratified

1 December 2000

Yes

Absent

No

8 June 2000

Sierra Leone

Ratified

1 October 2001

Yes

Yes

No

30 September 2004

30 September 2004

Singapore

Not Joined

Yes

Yes

Slovakia

Ratified

1 August 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

30 November 1999

23 March 2006

Slovenia

Ratified

1 April 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

3 December 2002

22 February 2007

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

9 February 2007

Sri Lanka

Not Joined

Voluntary

Yes

Yes

24 September 2004

St. Kitts & Nevis

Ratified

1 June 1999

Yes

Yes

No

St. Lucia

Ratified

1 October 1999

Yes

Yes

No

St. Vincent & Grenadines

Ratified

1 February 2002

Yes

Yes

No

Sudan

Ratified

1 April 2004

Yes

Yes

Yes

Suriname

Ratified

1 November 2002

Yes

Yes

No

Swaziland

Ratified

1 June 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sweden

Ratified

1 May 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

16 July 1997

2 June 2004

Switzerland

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

24 March 1998

12 May 2006

Syria

Not Joined

Abstained

No

Tajikistan

Acceded

1 April 2000

Yes

Yes

Yes

12 October 1999

18 May 2006

Tanzania

Ratified

1 May 2001

Yes

Yes

Yes

Thailand

Ratified

1 May 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

Timor-Leste

Acceded

1 November 2003

Yes

Absent

No

Togo

Ratified

1 September 2000

Yes

Yes

No

Tonga

Not Joined

Yes

No

Trinidad & Tobago

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

Tunisia

Ratified

1 January 2000

Yes

Yes

Yes

23 March 2006

7 March 2008

Turkey

Acceded

1 March 2004

Yes

Yes

Yes

2 March 2005

Turkmenistan

Ratified

1 March 1999

Yes

Yes

No

19 March 2004

Tuvalu

Not Joined

Absent

No

Uganda

Ratified

1 August 1999

Yes

Absent

Yes

Ukraine

Ratified

1 June 2006

Yes

Yes

Yes

15 December 1999

17 May 2005

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 August 1998

7 August 2007

Uzbekistan

Not Joined

Abstained

No

Vanuatu

Ratified

1 March 2006

Yes

Absent

Yes

Venezuela

Ratified

1 October 1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

19 April 2005

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