According to Article 7, States Parties must report to the UN Secretary General “as soon as practical, and in any event not later than 180 days after the entry into force of this Convention for that State Party” on steps taken to implement the treaty. Thereafter, States Parties are required to report annually on implementation activities for the previous calendar year (1 January through 31 December) with an annual due date of 30 April. At the First Meeting of the States Parties in 1999 , forms were created to guide states in their report writing. While the use of the forms themselves is optional, the information called for in them (with the exception of Form J and part of a newly revised Form D) MUST be provided annually. States are therefore strongly encouraged to use them to facilitate their report writing and to make sure they include all the required information .
Links to the forms in the official UN languages are provided below. Form J is given separately because it was created at a later MSP, and the information it calls for is optional. Please note that Form D was revised at the 6th Meeting of States Parties. The revised versions in languages other than English will be posted as soon as they are available.
Arabic Forms A to I
Arabic Form D (Revised)
Arabic Form J
Chinese Forms A to I
Chinese Form D (Revised)
Chinese Form J
English Forms A to J (with amended Form D)
French Forms A to I
French Form D (Revised)
French Form J
Russian Forms A to I
Russian Form D (Revised)
Russian Form J
Spanish Forms A to I
Spanish Form D (Revised)
Spanish Form J
The ICBL has expressed concern about the lack of timely reporting under Article 7, and the inconsistent standards for reporting. The ICBL calls on governments, the United Nations, and NGOs to work harder to encourage and facilitate reporting. We also call on governments to include all optional information in their reports. This includes the optional component of the amended Form D, which indicates the specific anticipated purpose and the actual use of mines retained for training/development, and Form J, which provides states the opportunity to include any additional information. On Form J, we strongly encourage governments to include information on foreign stocks, antivehicle mines with antihandling devices or sensitive fuses prohibited by the treaty, Claymore mines (directional fragmenation mines) and steps taken to ensure command detonation only, mine action funding, and victim assistance programs.
Article 7 reports must be sent to the UN DDA office in Geneva, preferably in electronic form. The address is as follows:
APLC Secretariat
Department for Disarmament Affairs (Geneva Branch)
Palais des Nations, room C-113.1
Avenue de la Paix 8-14
1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Tel. (+41) 22 917 2298
Fax. (+41) 22 917 0034
E-mail: aplc.article7reportSPAMFLTER@SPATMFLTERunog.ch
The Article 7 Reporting Handbook (by VERTIC) provides assistance in filling these out.
States' submitted reports can be viewed on the DDA website.
In June 1998, the ICBL established "Landmine Monitor," a unique and unprecedented civil society based reporting network to systematically monitor and document nations' compliance with the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty and the humanitarian response to the global landmine crisis. Landmine Monitor complements the existing state-based reporting and compliance mechanisms established by the treaty.
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