STATUS REPORT

CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE USE, STOCKPILING, PRODUCTION AND TRANSFER OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES AND ON THEIR DESTRUCTION

[LAND MINES CONVENTION]

(Oslo, 18/09/1997)

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 02-Mar-03

Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

Last updated by PacLII: 5/5/2006
Parties Date of Signature Date of ratification
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Other
Entry Into Force Domestication Legislation
(where available)
Cook Islands 3 Dec 1997 15 Mar 2006 Rt    
Fiji 3 Dec 1997 10 Jun 1998 Rt    
Kiribati   7 Sep 2000 a    
Marshall Islands 4 Dec 1997      
Nauru   7 Aug 2000 a    
Niue 3 Dec 1997 15 Apr 1998 Rt    
Papua New Guinea   28 Jun 2004 a    
Samoa 3 Dec 1997 23 Jul 1998 Rt    
Solomon Islands 4 Dec 1997 26 Jan 1999 Rt    
Vanuatu 4 Dec 1997 6 Sep 2005 Rt   Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their destruction (Ratification) Act No. 10 of 2005
 
".....it is the understanding of Serbia and Montenegro that the mere participation in the planning or conduct of operations, exercises or any other military activities by the armed forces of Serbia and Montenegro, or by any of its nationals, if carried out in conjunction with armed forces of the non-State Parties (to the Convention), which engage in activities prohibited under the Convention, does not in any way imply an assistance, encouragement or inducement as referred to in subparagraph 1 (c) of the Convention."        
"Greece fully subscribes to the principles enshrined within the [Convention] and declares that ratification of this Convention will take place as soon as conditions relating to the implementation of its relevant provisions are fulfilled."        
"It is the understanding of Australia that, in the context of operations, exercises or other military activity authorised by the United Nations or otherwise conducted in accordance with international law, the participation by the Australian Defence Force, or individual Australian citizens or residents, in such operations, exercises or other military activity conducted in combination with the armed forces of States not party to the Convention which engage in activity prohibited under the Convention would not, by itself, be considered to be in violation of the Convention        
"It is the understanding of the Government of Canada that, in the context of operations, exercises or other military activity sanctioned by the United Nations or otherwise conducted in accordance with international law, the mere participation by the Canadian Forces, or individual Canadians, in operations, exercises or other military activity conducted in combination with the armed forces of States not party to the Convention which engage in activity prohibited under the Convention would not, by itself, be considered to be assistance, encouragement or inducement in accordance with the meaning of those terms in article 1, paragraph 1 (c)."        
"It is the understanding of the Government of the Czech Republic that the mere participation in the planning or execution of operations, exercises or other military activities by the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic, or individual Czech Republic nationals, conducted in combination with the armed forces of States not party to the [Convention], which engage in activities prohibited under the Convention, is not, by itself, assistance, encouragement or inducement for the purposes of Article 1, paragraph 1 (c) of the Convention."        
"It is the understanding of the Government of the United Kingdom that the mere participation in the planning or execution of operations, exercises or other military activity by the United Kingdom's Armed Forces, or individual United Kingdom nationals, conducted in combination with the armed forces of States not party to the [said Convention], which engage in activity prohibited under that Convention, is not, by itself, assistance, encouragement or inducement for the purposes of Article 1, paragraph (c) of the Convention."        
"The Republic of Lithuania subscribes to the principles and purposes of the [Convention] and declares that ratification of the Convention will take place as soon as [the] relevant conditions relating to the implementation of the provisions of the Convention are fulfilled."        
(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations were made upon ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.)        
Afganistan   11 Sep 2002 a    
Albania 8 Sep 1998 29 Feb 2000 Rt    
Algeria 3 Dec 1997 9 Oct 2001 Rt    
Andorra 3 Dec 1997 29 Jun 1998 Rt    
Angola 4 Dec 1997 5 Jul 2002 Rt    
Antigua and Barbuda 3 Dec 1997 3 May 1999 Rt    
Argentina        
Australia        
Austria        
Bahamas 3 Dec 1997 31 Jul 1998 Rt    
Bangladesh 7 May 1998 6 Sep 2000 Rt    
Barbados 3 Dec 1997 26 Jan 1999 Rt    
Belarus   3 Sep 2003 a    
Belgium 3 Dec 1997 4 Sep 1998 Rt    
Belize 27 Feb 1998 23 Apr 1998 Rt    
Benin 3 Dec 1997 25 Sep 1998 Rt    
Bhutan   18 Aug 2005 a    
Bolivia 3 Dec 1997 09 Jun 1998 Rt    
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 Dec 1997 08 Sep 1998 Rt    
Botswana 3 Dec 1997 1 Mar 2000 Rt    
Brazil 3 Dec 1997 30 Apr 1999 Rt    
Brunei Darussalem 4 Dec 1997 24 Apr 2006 Rt    
Bulgaria 3 Dec 1997 4 Sep 1998 Rt    
Burkina Faso 3 Dec 1997 16 Sep 1998 Rt    
Burundi 3 Dec 1997 22 Oct 2003 Rt    
Cambodia 3 Dec 1997 28 Jul 1999 Rt    
Cameroon 3 Dec 1997 19 Sep 2002 Rt    
Canada        
Cape Verde 4 Dec 1997 14 May 2001 Rt    
Central African Republic   8 Nov 2002 a    
Chad 6 Jul 1998 6 May 1999 Rt    
Chile        
Colombia 3 Dec 1997 06 Sep 2000 Rt    
Comoros   19 Sep 2002 a    
Congo   4 May 2001 a    
Congo, Democratic Rep. of   2 May 2002 a    
Costa Rica 3 Dec 1997 17 Mar 1999 Rt    
Cote d'Ivoire 3 Dec 1997 30 Jun 2000 Rt    
Croatia 4 Dec 1997 20 May 1998 Rt    
Cyprus 4 Dec 1997 17 Jan 2003 Rt    
Czech Republic        
Declaration        
Declaration of provisional application of article 1 (1) in accordance with article 18 of the Convention        
Declarations        
Denmark 4 Dec 1997 8 Jun 1998 Rt    
Djibouti 3 Dec 1997 18 May 1998 Rt    
Dominica 3 Dec 1997 26 Mar 1999 Rt    
Dominican Republic 3 Dec 1997 30 Jun 2000 Rt    
Ecuador 4 Dec 1997 29 Apr 1999 Rt    
El Salvador 4 Dec 1997 27 Jan 1999 Rt    
Equatorial Guinea   16 Sep 1998 a    
Eritea   27 Aug 2001 a    
Estonia   12 May 2004 a    
Ethiopia 3 Dec 1997 17 Dec 2004 Rt    
France 3 Dec 1997 23 Jul 1998 Rt    
Gabon 3 Dec 1997 8 Sep 2000 Rt    
Gambia 4 Dec 1997 23 Sep 2002 Rt    
Germany 3 Dec 1997 23 Jul 1998 Rt    
Ghana 4 Dec 1997 30 Jun 2000 Rt    
Greece        
Grenada 3 Dec 1997 19 Aug 1998 Rt    
Guatemala 3 Dec 1997 26 Mar 1999 Rt    
Guinea 4 Dec 1997 8 Oct 1998 Rt    
Guinea-Bissau 3 Dec 1997 22 May 2001 Rt    
Guyana 4 Dec 1997 05 Aug 2003 Rt    
Haiti 3 Dec 1997 15 Feb 2006 Rt    
Holy See 4 Dec 1997 17 Feb 1998 Rt    
Honduras 3 Dec 1997 24 Sep 1998 Rt    
Hungary 3 Dec 1997 6 Apr 1998 Rt    
Iceland 4 Dec 1997 5 May 1999 Rt    
In relation to Articles 4, 5(1) and (2), and 7(1)(b) and (c), it is the understanding of Australia that the phrase "jurisdiction or control" is intended to mean within the sovereign territory of a State Party or over which it exercises legal responsibility by virtue of a United Nations mandate or arrangement with another State and the ownership or physical possession of anti-personnel mines, but does not include the temporary occupation of, or presence on, foreign territory where anti-personnel mines have been laid by other States or persons."        
Indonesia 4 Dec 1997      
Interpretative declaration        
Ireland 3 Dec 1997 3 Dec 1997 Rt    
It is the understanding of Australia that in relation to Article 2(1), the definition of "anti-personnel mines" does not include command detonated munitions        
It is the understanding of Australia that, in relation to Article 1(a), the term "use" means the actual physical emplacement of anti-personnel mines and does not include receiving an indirect or incidental benefit from anti-personnel mines laid by another State or person. In Article 1(c) Australia will interpret the word "assist" to mean the actual and direct physical participation in any activity prohibited by the Convention but does not include permissible indirect support such as the provision of security for the personnel of a State not party to the Convention engaging in such activities, "encourage" to mean the actual request for the commission of any activity prohibited by the Convention, and "induce" to mean the active engagement in the offering of threats or incentives to obtain the commission of any activity prohibited by the Convention        
Italy 3 Dec 1997 23 Apr 1999 Rt    
Jamaica 3 Dec 1997 17 Jul 1998 Rt    
Japan 3 Dec 1997 30 Sep 1998 A    
Jordan 11 Aug 1998 13 Nov 1998 Rt    
Kenya 5 Dec 1997 23 Jan 2001 Rt    
Latvia   1 Jul 2005 a    
Lesotho 4 Dec 1997 2 Dec 1998 Rt    
Liberia   23 Dec 1999 a    
Liechtenstein 3 Dec 1997 05 Oct 1999 Rt    
Lithuania        
Luxembourg 4 Dec 1997 14 Jun 1999 Rt    
Madagascar 4 Dec 1997 16 Sep 1999 Rt    
Malawi 4 Dec 1997 13 Aug 1998 Rt    
Malaysia 3 Dec 1997 22 Apr 1999 Rt    
Maldives 1 Oct 1998 7 Sep 2000 Rt    
Mali 3 Dec 1997 2 Jun 1998 Rt    
Malta 4 Dec 1997 7 May 2001 Rt    
Mauritania 3 Dec 1997 21 Jul 2000 Rt    
Mauritius        
Mexico 3 Dec 1997 9 Jun 1998 Rt    
Monaco 4 Dec 1997 17 Nov 1998 Rt    
Mozambique 3 Dec 1997 25 Aug 1998 Rt    
Namibia 3 Dec 1997 21 Sep 1998 Rt    
Netherlands 3 Dec 1997 12 Apr 1999 A    
New Zealand 3 Dec 1997 27 Jan 1999 Rt    
Nicaragua 4 Dec 1997 30 Nov 1998 Rt    
Niger 4 Dec 1997 23 Mar 1999 Rt    
Nigeria   27 Sep 2001 a    
Norway 3 Dec 1997 09 Jul 1998 Rt    
Panama 4 Dec 1997 7 Oct 1998 Rt    
Paraquay 3 Dec 1997 13 Nov 1998 Rt    
Peru 3 Dec 1997 17 Jun 1998 Rt    
Philippines 3 Dec 1997 15 Feb 2000 Rt    
Poland 4 Dec 1997      
Portugal 3 Dec 1997 19 Feb 1999 Rt    
Qatar 4 Dec 1997 13 Oct 1998 Rt    
Republic of Moldova 3 Dec 1997 8 Sep 2000 Rt    
Romania 3 Dec 1997 30 Nov 2000 Rt    
Rwanda 3 Dec 1997 8 Jun 2000 Rt    
Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 Dec 1997 2 Dec 1998 Rt    
Saint Lucia 3 Dec 1997 13 Apr 1999 Rt    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 Dec 1997 1 Aug 2001 Rt    
San Marino 3 Dec 1997 18 Mar 1998 Rt    
Sao Tome and Principe 30 Apr 1998 31 Mar 2003 Rt    
Senegal 3 Dec 1997 24 Sep 1998 Rt    
Serbia and Montegro   18 Sep 2003 a    
Serbia and Montenegro        
Seychelles 4 Dec 1997 02 Jun 2000 Rt    
Sierra Leone 29 Jul 1998 25 Apr 2001 Rt    
Since this part of the Argentine territory is under illegal occupation by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Argentine Republic is effectively prevented from having access to the anti-personnel mines placed in the Malvinas in order to fulfil the obligations undertaken in the present Convention        
Slovakia 3 Dec 1997 25 Feb 1999 AA    
Slovenia 3 Dec 1997 27 Oct 1998 Rt    
South Africa        
Spain 3 Dec 1997 19 Jan 1999 Rt    
Sudan 4 Dec 1997 13 Oct 2003 Rt    
Suriname 4 Dec 1997 23 May 2002 Rt    
Swaziland 4 Dec 1997 22 Dec 1998 Rt    
Sweden        
Switzerland        
Tajikstan   12 Oct 1999 a    
Thailand 3 Dec 1997 27 Nov 1998 Rt    
The Argentine Republic declares that in its territory, in the Malvinas, there are anti-personnel mines. This situation was brought to the attention of the Secretary-General of the United Nations when providing information within the framework of General Assembly resolutions 48/7; 49/215; 50/82; and 51/149 concerning "Assistance in mine clearance"        
The Argentine Republic reaffirms its rights of sovereignty over the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich and the surrounding maritime areas which form an integral part of its national territory        
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia   9 Sep 1998 a    
The Republic of Chile declares that it will apply provisionally paragraph 1 of article 1 of the Convention        
The United Nations General Assembly has recognized the existence of a dispute concerning sovereignty over the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich and has urged the Argentine Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to maintain negotiations in order to find as soon as possible a peaceful and lasting solution to the dispute, with the good offices of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who is to report to the General Assembly on the progress made (resolutions 2065 (XX), 3160 (XXVIII), 31/49, 37/9, 38/12, 39/6, 40/21, 41/40, 42/19 and 43/25). The Special Committee on decolonization has taken the same position, and has adopted a resolution every year stating that the way to put an end to this colonial situation is the lasting settlement, on a peaceful and negotiated basis, of the sovereignty dispute, and requesting both Governments to resume negotiations to that end. The most recent of these resolutions was adopted on 1 July 1999        
Timor-Leste   7 May 2003 a    
Togo 4 Dec 1997 9 Mar 2000 Rt    
Trinidad and Tobago 4 Dec 1997 27 Apr 1998 Rt    
Tunisia 4 Dec 1997 9 Jul 1999 Rt    
Turkey   25 Sep 2003 a    
Turkmenistan 3 Dec 1997 19 Jan 1998 Rt    
Uganda 3 Dec 1997 25 Feb 1999 Rt    
Ukraine 24 Feb 1999 27 Dec 2005 Rt    
Understanding        
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland        
United Republic of Tanzania 3 Dec 1997 13 Nov 2000 Rt    
Upon signature        
Uruguay 3 Dec 1997 7 Jun 2001 Rt    
Venezuela 3 Dec 1997 14 Apr 1999 Rt    
Yemen 4 Dec 1997 1 Sep 1998 Rt    
Zambia 12 Dec 1997 23 Feb 2001 Rt    
Zimbabwe 3 Dec 1997 18 Jun 1998 Rt    
Keys:
  • Accession (a)
  • Acceptance (A)
  • Approval (AA)
  • Definitive Signature (s)
  • Formal confirmation (c)
  • Participation (P)
  • Notification (of provisional application, of special undertaking, etc) (n)
  • Ratification (Rt)
  • Reservation (r)
  • Succession (d)

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