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LIECHTENSTEIN

Liechtenstein signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997 and ratified it on 5 October 1999. The treaty entered into force for Liechtenstein on 1 April 2000. According to its Article 7 transparency report, the Mine Ban Treaty “has become an integral part of the Liechtenstein legal order and is published in the Official Law Gazette under the reference number ‘LGBL. 1999, No. 229.’” On 9 September 1999, the Liechtenstein parliament passed the Ordinance on the Indirect Transfer of War Material, prohibiting activities enabling the production, buying, selling or transfer of war material, including antipersonnel mines under the reference number “LGBL. 1999 No.185.”^[1]

Liechtenstein attended the Second Meeting of States Parties in September 2000 but did not attend the intersessional Standing Committee meetings in December 2000 or May 2001. Liechtenstein voted in favor of UN General Assembly Resolution 53/33V in support of the Mine Ban Treaty in November 2000 as it has done in past years on similar resolutions. Liechtenstein submitted its initial Article 7 report on 18 September 2000, but has not submitted its annual update due on 30 April 2001.

Liechtenstein is party to Amended Protocol II of the Convention on Conventional Weapons. It attended the Second Annual Conference of the States Parties to Amended Protocol II and submitted its required Article 13 transparency report in which it stated that Liechtenstein “supports and promotes all activities focusing on a total world-wide elimination of mines and is undertaking continuing effort to help victims.”^[2]

Liechtenstein is not mine-affected, and has not produced, possessed, or used antipersonnel mines.

The state of Liechtenstein contributed CHF 305,000 [Swiss francs] (US$171,617)^[3] to mine action and victim assistance programs between 1996 and 2000. Another CHF 200,000 ($112,535) in private contributions supplemented this amount.^[4]

In 2000, Liechtenstein contributed CHF 30,000 ($16,880) to the UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Clearance, CHF 25,000 ($14,067) to the Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining, and CHF $20,000 ($11,254) to the Slovenia International Trust Fund for Demining and Rehabilitation of Mine Victims.^[5]

^[1] Article 7 report, submitted 18 September 2000.
^[2] National Annual Report on CCW Amended Protocol II, 18 October 2000.
^[3] Currency conversions done by Landmine Monitor using inter-bank rates, 25 May 2001.
^[4] Article 7 report, 18 September 2000.
^[5] National Annual Report on CCW Amended Protocol II, 18 October 2000.

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