The
Principality of Monaco signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 4 December 1997 and
ratified it on 17 November 1998, becoming a State Party on 1 May 1999. National
legislation implementing the Mine Ban Treaty in accordance with Article 9 was
passed on 30 August 1999.[1]
Monaco did not attend the Third Meeting of States Parties in September 2001
in Managua, Nicaragua, nor did it attend the intersessional Standing Committee
meetings in May 2002, but it did attend in January 2002, represented by Anne
Medecin from the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva.
On 29 November 2001, Monaco cosponsored and voted in favor of United Nations
General Assembly Resolution 56/24M in support of the Mine Ban Treaty.
Monaco submitted its annual Article 7 Report on 14 March 2002, listed as a
“Nil” report. Its initial Article 7 Report was submitted on 10 May
2001.[2]
Monaco is party to Amended Protocol II of the Convention on Conventional
Weapons (CCW), and submitted a report as required by Article 13 of the Protocol
on 12 March 2001. This confirms that Monaco has never used, stocked, or
produced landmines.[3] In
December 2001, Monaco attended the Third Annual Conference of States Parties to
Amended Protocol II and the Second CCW Review Conference.
Monaco contributed US$14,000 in 2000 and the same amount in 2001 to the
United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine
Action.[4]
[1] Report of the Monaco Delegation to the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, 10 December 2001, p. 3.
The legislation includes penal sanctions applicable also to Monegasques living
abroad. [2] Article 7 Report, submitted
on 14 March 2002 (no data reported), and submitted on 10 May 2001 (reporting
period not stated). [3] Amended Protocol
II Article 13 Report, submitted on 12 March
2001. [4] Ibid., paragraph
E.
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