Saint
Kitts and Nevis signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997, ratified on 2
December 1998, and the treaty entered into force on 1 June 1999. Saint Kitts and
Nevis has not enacted domestic implementing
legislation.[1] Saint Kitts and
Nevis was absent from the vote on pro-ban UN General Assembly Resolution 56/24M,
but it has supported similar pro-ban resolutions in the past. Saint Kitts and
Nevis submitted its initial Article 7 transparency report on 16 May 2000, but
has not yet submitted any subsequent annual reports. Saint Kitts and Nevis has
never produced, transferred, stockpiled, or used antipersonnel mines, and is not
mine-affected.[2]
[1] It responded “not
applicable” in Form A (National implementation measures), Article 7 Report
submitted 16 May 2000. [2] Article 7
Report submitted 16 May 2000.
