ARTICLE 7
TRANSPARENCY REPORT
If they have not yet done so, encourage the governments to send their Article 7 transparency report on time (and electronically if possible) and include comprehensive information in it.
Encourage new States Parties to submit their initial report on time.
Encourage all States Parties to:
Turn in detailed reports every year by 30 April (covering the previous calendar year)
Utilise voluntary Form J for reporting on:
- Victim assistance matters;
- Mine action founding;
- Claymore mines and steps taken to ensure they are used in command-detonated mode only;
- Foreign stockpiles of antipersonnel mines
Use newly revised form D for reporting on the intended purpose and actual use of mines retained under Art. 3
Include information on the discovery and destruction of anti-personnel mines after the completion of their stockpile destruction program.
Late initial reports
Six SPs are still late in sending their initial report.
Cape Verde 30/04/02
Equatorial Guinea 28/08/99
Ethiopia 28/11/05
Gambia 28/08/03
Guyana 31/07/04
Sao Tome e Principe 28/02/04
Even if the government is not a Party to the Convention, they can submit voluntarily an Article 7 report as an interim step and as a clear demonstration of their intent to join the Convention). Poland, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania did so.
Inform them about the VERTIC Guide on Article 7 reports: http://www.vertic.org/research/guide/guide.html
More information at http://www.icbl.org/treaty/reporting and on the Landmine Monitor Art 7 factsheet