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Paraguay signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997. The National Congress approved it through Law 1339 on 6 October 1998, and the instrument of ratification was deposited on 13 November 1998. The ban treaty entered into force on 1 May 1999.
In response to Landmine Monitor’s inquiries into domestic legislative steps to implement the Mine Ban Treaty, Paraguay stated that in May 2002 it adopted national legal measures to curb the manufacture, possession, and traffic of firearms, explosives, and other related materials, in the Law of Firearms, Munitions, and Explosives.[1]
Paraguay did not attend any Mine Ban Treaty meetings in 2001 or the first half of 2002, but it cosponsored and voted in support of pro-ban UN General Assembly Resolution 56/24M in November 2001. It also voted in support of three resolutions on landmines by the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) in June 2001.[2]
On 13 June 2001, Paraguay submitted its first official Article 7 transparency report, covering the period from 17 December 2000 to 1 May 2001.[3] It has not yet submitted its annual updated Article 7 Report, due 30 April 2002. According to the initial Article 7 report, Paraguay has no stockpiled antipersonnel mines, including for training purposes.[4]
Paraguay is not believed to have ever produced, transferred or used antipersonnel mines. Paraguay is not mine-affected. Paraguay has not contributed to international mine action programs.
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[1] Response to Landmine Monitor from the Office of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, faxed 24 May 2002.
[2] On 5 June 2001, Paraguay also voted in favor of Resolutions AG/1792, AG/1793 and AG/1794 of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), supporting mine action in Peru and Ecuador, the mine-clearing program in Central America, and the goal of the western hemisphere as an antipersonnel landmine-free zone, respectively. Response to Landmine Monitor from Direction of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2002.
[3] Previously, in December 1999, Paraguay provided a copy of its initial Article 7 transparency report, dated 17 November 1999, to Landmine Monitor, which has still not been officially submitted to the United Nations, as required.
[4] Article 7 Report, Forms B and D, 13 June 2001.
