NATIONS THAT HAVE SIGNED
THE TREATY TO BAN LAND MINES
The following 124 countries signed the Convention
on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer
of Anti-Personnel Mines, and on Their Destruction in Ottawa, Canada,
December 3-5, 1997. As of April 1998, eight countries have ratified
the treaty (Canada, Holy See, Ireland, Mauritius, San Marino,
Switzerland, Turkmenistan, and Zimbabwe). Hungary ant Bosnia and
Herzegovina have passed the requisite legislation required for
ratification but have not yet deposited their instrument with
the United Nations. The treaty will enter into force after 40
countries ratify.
Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda,
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize,
Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei
Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia,, Cameroon
Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica,
Cote d'lvoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti,
Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia,
Fiji, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada,
Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras,
Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya,
Lesoth, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia,
Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico,
Monaco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherland,s New Zealand, Nicaragua,
Niger, Niue, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland,
Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa,
San Marino, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Solomon
Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland,Sweden,
Switzerland, United Republic of Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad
and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Kingdom, Uruguay,
Vanuatu, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Some countries that have not signed the treaty
China, Cuba, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel,
Libya, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, Turkey, United
States, Vietnam
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