LM Report 2002

ANDORRA

Andorra signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997 and ratified it on 29 June 1998, becoming a State Party on 1 March 1999. It did not introduce new legislation to implement the treaty, but has regulations governing the use and traffic in arms.^[1]

Andorra did not attend either the Third Meeting of States Parties in September 2001, in Managua, Nicaragua, nor the meetings of the intersessional Standing Committees in January and May 2002. On 29 November 2001, Andorra cosponsored and voted in favor of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 56/24M supporting the Mine Ban Treaty. Andorra is not a party to the Convention on Conventional Weapons.

Andorra submitted its initial Article 7 transparency report on 12 July 2000. By the end of June 2002, it had not submitted the annual reports due by 30 April 2001 and 30 April 2002. Andorra has never produced or possessed antipersonnel mines. The initial Article 7 Report noted no necessity to decommission or convert production facilities, no mines stockpiled, retained or transferred under Article 3 of the treaty, no need for a stockpile destruction program, and no mined areas.^[2]

Andorra contributed US$11,100 in 2000 and $11,750 in 2001 to mine clearance programs.^[3]

[1] Article 7 Report, Introduction and Form A, submitted on 12 July 2000, covering 1 January 1996-31 December 1999. It contains the relevant text from a 3 July 1989 Decree, including penal sanctions applicable.
[2] Article 7 Report, Forms B-H, 12 July 2000.
[3] Letter from Jaime Gaytán Sansa, Ambassador of Andorra to Spain, 13 February 2002.

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