Saint
Lucia signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997, ratified on 13 April 1999,
and the treaty entered into force on 1 October 1999. It is not believed to have
enacted domestic implementing legislation. Saint Lucia cosponsored and voted in
support of pro-ban UN General Assembly Resolution 56/24M in November 2001.
Saint Lucia has not yet submitted its initial Article 7 transparency report, due
by 29 March 2000, but Foreign Affairs officials are aware of this treaty
obligation.[1] Saint Lucia has
never produced, transferred, stockpiled, or used antipersonnel mines, and is not
mine-affected.[2]
[1] In July 2001, a Ministry of Foreign
Affairs official told Landmine Monitor that Saint Lucia intended to file its
transparency report. Telephone interview with Peter Lansiquot, Head of the
Political and Economic Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 12 July
2001. [2] Response to Landmine Monitor
questionnaire by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade, 1 February 1999.
