Barbados
signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997, ratified on 26 January 1999, and
the treaty entered into force on 1 July 1999. It is not believed to have
enacted domestic implementing legislation. On 12 July 2001, Barbados informed
Landmine Monitor that it had submitted its initial Article 7 transparency report
to the United Nations, but the UN Department of Disarmament Affairs has not
received the report.[1] Barbados
cosponsored and voted in support of pro-ban UN General Assembly Resolution
56/24M in November 2001. Barbados has never produced, stockpiled, transferred,
or used antipersonnel mines, and is not
mine-affected.[2]
[1] Telephone interview with Donna Ford,
First Secretary, Barbados Permanent Mission to the United Nations, 12 July
2001. [2] Government of Barbados response
to Landmine Monitor questionnaire, 29 January 1999.
