Algeria
Algeria has a slight landmine problem. German and Italian troops laid minefields in the Northern Coastal areas during World War II and French troops laid mines near the Tunisian and Moroccan borders until 1962. The mines were mostly German and Italian mines of World War II vintage and French mines from the 1950's.
Some new mines have been laid due to Algeria’s current security problems of the 1990s.
Algeria did not endorse the Brussels declaration and attended the Oslo negotiations initially as an observer. However, in Oslo in September Algeria announced it had changed its position and would sign the ban treaty in December. Algeria voted "Yes" on the 1996 UNGA Resolution supporting negotiations of a total ban on antipersonnel mines as soon as possible and voted "Yes" on the 1997 UNGA Resolution inviting all states to sign the Mine Ban Treaty. Algeria signed the treaty in December 1997 but has not ratified yet.
Qatar
Qatar endorsed the Brussels declaration and attended the Oslo negotiations as a full participant. It voted "Yes" on the 1996 UNGA Resolution supporting negotiations of a total ban on antipersonnel mines as soon as possible and voted "Yes" on the 1997 UNGA Resolution inviting all states to sign the Mine Ban Treaty. Qatar signed the treaty in December 1997 but has not ratified yet. Qatar is not mine-affected.
Tunisia
The Tunisian military report that they clear between 200 and 300 landmines of World War II vintage annually. These landmines are generally reported by local residents, or are recorded following an incident. These mines are of German, British, French, Italian and U.S. World War II vintage and are principally concentrated at Kassarine, Sbeitla, Sidi Bouzid and Mareth battlefields in west central Tunisia. Mejz El-Bab and Pont du Fahs in the north are also seriously affected.
Tunisia did not endorse the Brussels declaration and attended the Oslo negotiations as an observer. Yet it voted "Yes" on the 1996 UNGA Resolution supporting negotiations of a total ban on antipersonnel mines as soon as possible and voted "Yes" on the 1997 UNGA Resolution inviting all states to sign the Mine Ban Treaty. Tunisia signed the treaty in December 1997 but has not ratified yet.
Yemen
Recently, the government of Yemen estimated that it has cleared one-third of 66,000 landmines planted during the 1994 conflict. Mines of British, Czech, Egyptian, Hungarian, Italian and Russian origin have been cleared by a nationally organized mine clearance programme run by the Military Works and Engineering Section with technical assistance provided by the United Nations. As with other countries of the region, a common mine clearance problem is shifting sands which constantly change the location of landmines.
In November 1997, the government of Yemen hosted a meeting on landmines promoting the Ottawa Process and the Mine Ban Treaty. Government representatives from more than a dozen countries in the region attended along with NGOs, the Red Cross and the ICRC.
Yemen endorsed the Brussels Declaration and attended the Oslo negotiations as a full participant. Yemen voted "Yes" on the 1996 and 1997 UNGA Resolutions. Yemen signed the treaty in December. The parliament on May 12, 1998 passed the necessary legislation to ratify the treaty, but Yemen has not yet completed the ratification process by formally depositing its instrument of ratification with the United Nations headquarters in New York.