New Ratifications

New Ratifications
Below please find an updated human rights watch fact sheet of ratificatons, new ones listed first, full fact sheet below.

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50. Jordan (13 November 1998)
51. Paraguay (13 November 1998)
(NB: UNDDA do not record who deposited first if more than one
does so on a certain day but they do record it alphabetically
therefore Jordan is #50) 52. Monaco (17 November 1998)

Regionally the most ratifications have come from the Middle East
(Jordan, Qatar, Yemen). Still waiting on Algeria and Tunisia of
North Africa.

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FACT SHEET

1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling,
Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their
Destruction (1997 Mine Ban Treaty)

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 1 March 1999, in accordance with article 17
(1).

As of 19 November 1998, 133 signatories/accession and 52
ratifications/accession.

Note: the first date is signature, the second date is
ratification. States may become bound without signature through a
one step procedure known as accession. This is indicated with (a)

Albania 8 Sept 1998
Algeria 3 Dec 1997
Andorra 3 Dec 1997; 29 Jun 1998
Angola 4 Dec 1997
Antigua and Barbuda 3 Dec 1997
Argentina 4 Dec 1997
Australia 3 Dec 1997
Austria 3 Dec 1997; 29 Jun 1998
Bahamas 3 Dec 1997; 31 Jul 1998
Bangladesh 7 May 1998
Barbados 3 Dec 1997
Belgium 3 Dec 1997; 4 Sep 1998
Belize 27 Feb 1998; 23 Apr 1998
Benin 3 Dec 1997; 25 Sept 1998
Bolivia 3 Dec 1997; 9 Jun 1998
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 Dec 1997; 8 Sep 1998
Botswana 3 Dec 1997
Brazil 3 Dec 1997
Brunei Darussalam 4 Dec 1997
Bulgaria 3 Dec 1997; 4 Sep 1998
Burkina Faso 3 Dec 1997; 16 Sep 1998
Burundi 3 Dec 1997
Cambodia 3 Dec 1997
Cameroon 3 Dec 1997
Canada 3 Dec 1997; 3 Dec 1997
Cape Verde 4 Dec 1997
Chad 6 Jul 1998
Chile 3 Dec 1997
Colombia 3 Dec 1997
Cook Islands 3 Dec 1997
Costa Rica 3 Dec 1997
C te d'Ivoire 3 Dec 1997
Croatia 4 Dec 1997; 20 May 1998
Cyprus 4 Dec 1997
Czech Republic 3 Dec 1997
Denmark 4 Dec 1997; 8 Jun 1998
Djibouti 3 Dec 1997; 18 May 1998
Dominica 3 Dec 1997
Dominican Republic 3 Dec 1997
Ecuador 4 Dec 1997
El Salvador 4 Dec 1997
Equatorial Guinea 16 Sep 1998 a
Ethiopia 3 Dec 1997
Fiji 3 Dec 1997; 10 Jun 1998
France 3 Dec 1997; 23 Jul 1998
Gabon 3 Dec 1997
Gambia 4 Dec 1997
Germany 3 Dec 1997; 23 Jul 1998
Ghana 4 Dec 1997
Greece 3 Dec 1997
Grenada 3 Dec 1997; 19 Aug 1998
Guatemala 3 Dec 1997
Guinea 4 Dec 1997; 8 Oct 1998
Guinea-Bissau 3 Dec 1997
Guyana 4 Dec 1997
Haiti 3 Dec 1997
Holy See 4 Dec 1997; 17 Feb 1998
Honduras 3 Dec 1997; 24 Sept 1998
Hungary 3 Dec 1997; 6 Apr 1998
Iceland 4 Dec 1997
Indonesia 4 Dec 1997
Ireland 3 Dec 1997; 3 Dec 1997
Italy 3 Dec 1997
Jamaica 3 Dec 1997; 17 Jul 1998
Japan 3 Dec 1997; 30 Sept 1998
Jordan 11 Aug 1998; 13 Nov 1998
Kenya 5 Dec 1997
Lesotho 4 Dec 1997
Liechtenstein 3 Dec 1997
Luxembourg 4 Dec 1997
Macedonia, FYR 9 Sep 1998 a
Madagascar 4 Dec 1997
Maldives, 1 Oct 1998
Malaysia 3 Dec 1997
Malawi 4 Dec 1997; 13 Aug 1998
Mali 3 Dec 1997; 2 Jun 1998
Malta 4 Dec 1997
Marshall Islands 4 Dec 1997
Mauritania 3 Dec 1997
Mauritius 3 Dec 1997; 3 Dec 1997
Mexico 3 Dec 1997; 9 Jun 1998
Monaco 4 Dec 1997; 17 Nov 1998
Mozambique 3 Dec 1997; 15 Aug 1998
Namibia 3 Dec 1997; 21 Sep 1998
Netherlands 3 Dec 1997
New Zealand 3 Dec 1997
Nicaragua 4 Dec 1997
Niger 4 Dec 1997
Niue 3 Dec 1997; 15 Apr 1998
Norway 3 Dec 1997; 9 Jul 1998
Panama 4 Dec 1997; 7 Oct 1998
Paraguay 3 Dec 1997; 13 Nov 1998
Peru 3 Dec 1997; 17 Jun 1998
Philippines 3 Dec 1997
Poland 4 Dec 1997
Portugal 3 Dec 1997
Qatar 4 Dec 1997; 13 Oct 1998
Republic of Moldova 3 Dec 1997
Romania 3 Dec 1997
Rwanda 3 Dec 1997
Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 Dec 1997
Saint Lucia 3 Dec 1997
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 Dec 1997
Samoa 3 Dec 1997; 23 Jul 1998
San Marino 3 Dec 1997; 18 Mar 1998
Sao Tome and Principe 30 Apr 1998
Senegal 3 Dec 1997; 24 Sept 1998
Seychelles 4 Dec 1997
Sierra Leone 29 Jul 1998
Slovakia 3 Dec 1997
Slovenia 3 Dec 1997; 27 Oct 1998
Solomon Islands 4 Dec 1997
South Africa 3 Dec 1997; 26 Jun 1998
Spain 3 Dec 1997
Sudan 4 Dec 1997
Suriname 4 Dec 1997
Swaziland 4 Dec 1997
Sweden 4 Dec 1997
Switzerland 3 Dec 1997; 24 Mar 1998
Thailand 3 Dec 1997
Togo 4 Dec 1997
Trinidad and Tobago 4 Dec 1997; 27 Apr 1998
Tunisia 4 Dec 1997
Turkmenistan 3 Dec 1997; 19 Jan 1998
Uganda 3 Dec 1997
United Kingdom 3 Dec 1997; 31 Jul 1998
United Republic of Tanzania 3 Dec 1997
Uruguay 3 Dec 1997
Vanuatu 4 Dec 1997
Venezuela 3 Dec 1997
Yemen 4 Dec 1997; 1 Sep 1998
Zambia 12 Dec 1997
Zimbabwe 3 Dec 1997; 18 Jun 1998