Banning Anti-Personnel Mines - The Ottawa Treaty Explained (International Committee of the Red Cross , 1998, 24 p.): Annex III: List of Signatories as at 1 March 1999*

Banning Anti-Personnel Mines - The Ottawa Treaty Explained (International Committee of the Red Cross , 1998, 24 p.)

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Introduction

1. The landmine problem and progress towards a ban treaty

1.1 The need for a ban treaty

1.2 The existing law

1.3 The Ottawa process

2. The Ottawa treaty

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2.1 What is an anti-personnel mine?

2.2 The elements of a comprehensive ban treaty

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2.2.1 An end to use

2.2.2 A prohibition on development and production

2.2.3 A prohibition on stockpiling

2.2.4 A prohibition on transfer

2.2.5 Other prohibited activities

2.3 Addressing the problem: mine clearance and assistance to victims

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2.3.1 Clearing mined areas

2.3.2 Assisting the victims

2.4 Entry into force

2.5 Ensuring compliance with the treaty

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2.5.1 Reporting on implementation

2.5.2 Settling disputes

2.5.3 Resolving doubts about compliance

2.5.4 National efforts to prevent violations

2.5.5 Reviewing implementation of the treaty

2.5.6 Strengthening and updating the treaty

2.6 Reservations

2.7 Withdrawal

3. Beyond the Ottawa treaty

Annex I: Glossary of legal and technical terms

Annex II: Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction

Annex III: List of Signatories as at 1 March 1999*

* An additional two States (Equatorial Guinea and The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) acceded directly to the Convention without first signing it.

Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cd’Ivoire, 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, Jordan, Kenya, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia. Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Niue, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela. Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

THE OTTAWA TREATY TO BAN LANDMINES.
WILL YOUR GOVERNMENT SIGN?

It ranks among the cruellest inventions of all time.

The landmine. A device that not only terrorizes communities, but kills or maims over two thousand men, women and children every single month.

But the pain and suffering of these victims and their families has not gone unheeded.

The International Committee of the Red Cross, along with many other organizations, has been working tirelessly to bring about an end to the carnage. These efforts are now beginning to bear fruit.

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At the United Nations General Assembly last year 155 countries gave their support to a total ban on anti-personnel mines.

In Oslo an international treaty was drawn up calling for a complete ban on these weapons.

And this December the Canadian Government is inviting all the countries of the world to Ottawa to sign this treaty banning the production, use, export and stockpiling of anti-personnel mines.

Millions of landmines have been laid. All we ask is for 192 pens to be picked up.

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS (ICRC)
LANDMINES MUST BE STOPPED

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance. It directs and coordinates the international relief activities conducted by the Movement in situations of conflict. It also endeavours to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. Established in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

For more information about mines and the ICRC campaign, consult the ICRC Web site at

http://www.icrc.org

or contact the

Mines-Arms Unit
International Committee of the Red Cross
19, avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva

Tel: ++41 22 730 2667
Fax: ++41 22 730 2830
e-mail: landmines.gva@icrc.org

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