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114. Presentation of the Federal Chancellor on the scope of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction
According to the Communications of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the following States have ratified their instruments of ratification, Accession instruments to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction (BGBl. III No 38/1999, last proclamation of the BGBl area. III No 138/2002):
| States: |
Date of deposit of the Ratifications and/or Certificate of Accession: |
| Afghanistan |
11 September 2002 |
| Angola |
5 July 2002 |
| Ethiopia |
17 December 2004 |
| Belarus |
3 September 2003 |
| Bhutan |
18. August 2005 |
| Brunei Darussalam |
24 April 2006 |
| Burundi |
22 October 2003 |
| Cook Islands |
15 March 2006 |
| Estonia |
12 May 2004 |
| Gambia |
23 September 2002 |
| Greece |
25 September 2003 |
| Guyana |
5 August 2003 |
| Haiti |
15 February 2006 |
| Cameroon |
19 September 2002 |
| Comoros |
19 September 2002 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo |
2 May 2002 |
| Latvia |
1 July 2005 |
| Lithuania |
12 May 2003 |
| Papua New Guinea |
28 June 2004 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
31 March 2003 |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
18 September 2003 |
| Sudan |
13 October 2003 |
| Suriname |
23 May 2002 |
| Timor-Leste |
7 May 2003 |
| Turkey |
25 September 2003 |
| Ukraine |
27 December 2005 |
| Vanuatu |
16 September 2005 |
| Central African Republic |
8 November 2002 |
| Cyprus |
17 January 2003 |
On the occasion of the deposit of the instrument of accession, Serbia and Montenegro made the following statement:
Serbia and Montenegro assume that the mere participation of the Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro or their nationals in the planning or execution of operations, exercises or other military activities, if in -to establish a link with the armed forces of States not party to the Convention and which constitute prohibited activities in accordance with the Convention, in no case to support, encouragement or instigation within the meaning of The first subparagraph is lit. c of the Convention.
Furthermore, on 3 April 2002, the United Kingdom extended the scope of the Convention to Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man.
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