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The Principality of Monaco signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 4 December 1997 and ratified it on 17 November 1998, becoming a State Party on 1 May 1999. National legislation implementing the Mine Ban Treaty in accordance with Article 9 was passed on 30 August 1999.[1]
Monaco did not attend the Third Meeting of States Parties in September 2001 in Managua, Nicaragua, nor did it attend the intersessional Standing Committee meetings in May 2002, but it did attend in January 2002, represented by Anne Medecin from the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva.
On 29 November 2001, Monaco cosponsored and voted in favor of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 56/24M in support of the Mine Ban Treaty.
Monaco submitted its annual Article 7 Report on 14 March 2002, listed as a “Nil” report. Its initial Article 7 Report was submitted on 10 May 2001.[2]
Monaco is party to Amended Protocol II of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW), and submitted a report as required by Article 13 of the Protocol on 12 March 2001. This confirms that Monaco has never used, stocked, or produced landmines.[3] In December 2001, Monaco attended the Third Annual Conference of States Parties to Amended Protocol II and the Second CCW Review Conference.
Monaco contributed US$14,000 in 2000 and the same amount in 2001 to the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Action.[4]
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[1] Report of the Monaco Delegation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, 10 December 2001, p. 3. The legislation includes penal sanctions applicable also to Monegasques living abroad.
[2] Article 7 Report, submitted on 14 March 2002 (no data reported), and submitted on 10 May 2001 (reporting period not stated).
[3] Amended Protocol II Article 13 Report, submitted on 12 March 2001.
[4] Ibid., paragraph E.
