LM Report 2002

MALDIVES

Maldives signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 1 October 1998 and ratified it on 7 September 2000. The treaty entered into force for Maldives on 1 March 2001. Maldives has not submitted its initial Article 7 transparency report, which was due by 28 August 2001. It is not known if Maldives has undertaken any national implementation measures, as required by Article 9.

Maldives has not attended any of the annual meetings of States Parties, nor any of the intersessional Standing Committee meetings. Maldives has voted in favor of all UN General Assembly resolutions calling for universalization and implementation of the Mine Ban Treaty, including the November 2001 UN General Assembly Resolution 56/24M.

Maldives acceded to the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) and its Amended Protocol II on 7 September 2000. It did not participate in the Third Annual Conference of States Parties to Amended Protocol II, or the Second CCW Review Conference, in December 2001.

Maldives is not mine affected, and states that it has not produced, used, transferred or stockpiled antipersonnel mines.^[1] Maldives is not known to have contributed to any mine action program or taken part in any mine clearance operations.

[1] Statement by Ambassador Ahmed Mujuthaba, UN General Assembly, First Committee General Debate, New York, 23 October 1997.

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