LM Report 2002

VANUATU

The Republic of Vanuatu signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 4 December 1997, but has still not ratified. Vanuatu was absent from the vote on pro-ban UN General Assembly Resolution 56/24M in November 2001. In March 2001, a government representative said that Vanuatu has no stockpiled mines.^[1] It is not believed to be mine-affected, although there are still major dumps of military equipment left over from World War II.

[1] Interview with Paul Sami, Head of Asia-Pacific Division, Department of Foreign Affairs, Vanuatu, Wellington, 27 March 2001.

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