The Ottawa Treaty
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use Stockpiling Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction Concluded at Oslo on 18 September 1997.
As of December 22, 2004: 152 signatories/accessions | 144 ratifications
See also: The 43 Non-Signatories of the Ottawa Treaty, including the United States of America
Signed, But not yet ratified - 8 countries
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Signatories
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Signed
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| Brunei Darussalam |
Dec 4 1997 |
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| Cook Islands |
Dec 3 1997 |
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| Haiti |
Dec 3 1997 |
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| Indonesia |
Dec 4 1997 |
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| Marshall Islands |
Dec 4 1997 |
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| Poland |
Dec 4 1997 |
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| Ukraine |
Feb 24 1999 |
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| Vanuatu |
Dec 4 1997 |
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Signed and Ratified (or Acceeded) - 141 countries
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Signatories
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Signed/ Acceeded
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Ratified
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| Afghanistan* |
Sept 11 2002 |
Sept 11 2002 |
| Albania |
Sept 8 1998 |
Feb 29 2000 |
| Algeria |
Dec 3 1997 |
October 9 2001 |
| Andorra |
Dec 3 1997 |
June 29 1998 |
| Angola |
Dec 4 1997 |
July 5 2002 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
Dec 3 1997 |
May 3 1999 |
| Argentina |
Dec 4 1997 |
Sept 14 1999 |
| Australia |
Dec 3 1997 |
Jan 14 1999 |
| Austria |
Dec 3 1997 |
June 29 1998 |
| Bahamas |
Dec 3 1997 |
July 31 1998 |
| Bangladesh |
May 7 1998 |
Sept 6 2000 |
| Barbados |
Dec 3 1997 |
Jan 26 1999 |
| Belarus* |
Sept 3 2003 |
Sept 3 2003 |
| Belgium |
Dec 3 1997 |
Sept 4 1998 |
| Belize |
Feb 27 1998 |
April 23 1998 |
| Benin |
Dec 3 1997 |
Sept 25 1998 |
| Bolivia |
Dec 3 1997 |
June 9 1998 |
| Bosnia Herzegovina |
Dec 3 1997 |
Sept 8 1998 |
| Botswana |
Dec 3 1997 |
March 1 2000 |
| Brazil |
Dec 3 1997 |
April 30 1999 |
| Bulgaria |
Dec 3 1997 |
Sept 4 1998 |
| Burkina Faso |
Dec 3 1997 |
Sept 16 1998 |
| Burundi |
Dec 3 1997 |
Oct 22 2003 |
| Cambodia |
Dec 3 1997 |
July 28 1999 |
| Cameroon |
Dec 3 1997 |
Sept 19 2002 |
| Canada |
Dec 3 1997 |
Dec 3 1997 |
| Cape Verde |
Dec 4 1997 |
May 14 2001 |
| Central African Republic* |
Nov 8 2002 |
Nov 8 2002 |
| Chad |
July 6 1998 |
May 6 1999 |
| Chile |
Dec 3 1997 |
Sept 10 2001 |
| Colombia |
Dec 3 1997 |
Sept 6 2000 |
| Comoros* |
Sept 19 2002 |
Sept 19 2002 |
| Congo Brazzaville* |
May 4 2001 |
May 4 2001 |
| Costa Rica |
Dec 3 1997 |
March 17 1999 |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
Dec 3 1997 |
June 30 2000 |
| Croatia |
Dec 4 1997 |
May 20 1998 |
| Cyprus |
Dec 4 1997 |
Jan 17 2003 |
| Czech Republic |
Dec 3 1997 |
Oct 26 1999 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo* |
May 2 2002 |
May 2 2002 |
| Denmark |
Dec 4 1997 |
June 8 1998 |
| Djibouti |
Dec 3 1997 |
May 18 1998 |
| Dominica |
Dec 3 1997 |
March 26 1999 |
| Dominican Republic |
Dec 3 1997 |
June 30 2000 |
| Ecuador |
Dec 4 1997 |
April 29 1999 |
| El Salvador |
Dec 4 1997 |
Jan 27 1999 |
| Equatorial Guinea* |
Sept 16 1998 |
Sept 16 1998 |
| Eritrea* |
Aug 27 2001 |
Aug 27 2001 |
| Estonia* |
May 12 2004 |
May 12 2004 |
| Ethiopia |
Dec 3 1997 |
Dec 17 2004 |
| Fiji |
Dec 3 1997 |
June 10 1998 |
| France |
Dec 3 1997 |
July 23 1998 |
| Gabon |
Dec 3 1997 |
Sept 8 2000 |
| Gambia |
Dec 4 1997 |
Sept 23 2002 |
| Germany |
Dec 3 1997 |
July 23 1998 |
| Ghana |
Dec 4 1997 |
June 30 2000 |
| Greece |
Dec 3 1997 |
Sept 25 2003 |
| Grenada |
Dec 3 1997 |
Aug 19 1998 |
| Guatemala |
Dec 3 1997 |
March 26 1999 |
| Guinea |
Dec 4 1997 |
Oct 8 1998 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
Dec 3 1997 |
May 22 2001 |
| Guyana |
Dec 4 1997 |
August 6 2003 |
| Holy See |
Dec 4 1997 |
Feb 17 1998 |
| Honduras |
Dec 3 1997 |
Sept 24 1998 |
| Hungary |
Dec 3 1997 |
April 6 1998 |
| Iceland |
Dec 4 1997 |
May 5 1999 |
| Ireland |
Dec 3 1997 |
Dec 3 1997 |
| Italy |
Dec 3 1997 |
April 23 1999 |
| Jamaica |
Dec 3 1997 |
July 17 1998 |
| Japan |
Dec 3 1997 |
Sept 30 1998 |
| Jordan |
Aug 11 1998 |
Nov 13 1998 |
| Kenya |
Dec 5 1997 |
Jan 23 2001 |
| Kiribati* |
Sept 7 2000 |
Sept 7 2000 |
| Lesotho |
Dec 4 1997 |
Dec 2 1998 |
| Liberia |
Dec 23 1999 |
Dec 23 1999 |
| Liechtenstein |
Dec 3 1997 |
Oct 5 1999 |
| Lithuania |
Feb 26 1999 |
May 12 2003 |
| Luxembourg |
Dec 4 1997 |
June 14 1999 |
| Macedonia* |
Sept 9 1998 |
Sept 9 1998 |
| Madagascar |
Dec 4 1997 |
Sept 16 1999 |
| Malawi |
Dec 4 1997 |
Aug 13 1998 |
| Malaysia |
Dec 3 1997 |
April 22 1999 |
| Maldives |
Oct 1 1998 |
Sept 7 2000 |
| Mali |
Dec 3 1997 |
June 2 1998 |
| Malta |
Dec 4 1997 |
May 7 2001 |
| Mauritania |
Dec 3 1997 |
July 26 2000 |
| Mauritius |
Dec 3 1997 |
Dec 3 1997 |
| Mexico |
Dec 3 1997 |
June 9 1998 |
| Moldova Republic of |
Dec 3 1997 |
Sept 8 2000 |
| Monaco |
Dec 4 1997 |
Nov 17 1998 |
| Mozambique |
Dec 3 1997 |
Aug 25 1998 |
| Namibia |
Dec 3 1997 |
Sept 21 1998 |
| Nauru* |
Aug 7 2000 |
Aug 7 2000 |
| Netherlands |
Dec 3 1997 |
April 12 1999 |
| New Zealand |
Dec 3 1997 |
Jan 27 1999 |
| Nicaragua |
Dec 4 1997 |
Nov 30 1998 |
| Niger |
Dec 4 1997 |
March 23 1999 |
| Nigeria* |
Sept 27 2001 |
Sept 27 2001 |
| Niue |
Dec 3 1997 |
April 15 1998 |
| Norway |
Dec 3 1997 |
July 9 1998 |
| Panama |
Dec 4 1997 |
Oct 7 1998 |
| Papua New Guinea |
June 28 2004 |
June 28 2004 |
| Paraguay |
Dec 3 1997 |
Nov 13 1998 |
| Peru |
Dec 3 1997 |
June 17 1998 |
| Philippines |
Dec 3 1997 |
Jan 10 2000 |
| Portugal |
Dec 3 1997 |
Feb 19 1999 |
| Qatar |
Dec 4 1997 |
Oct 13 1998 |
| Romania |
Dec 3 1997 |
Nov 30 2000 |
| Rwanda |
Dec 3 1997 |
June 8 2000 |
| Saint Kitts & Nevis |
Dec 3 1997 |
Dec 2 1998 |
| Saint Lucia |
Dec 3 1997 |
April 13 1999 |
| St.Vincent & the Grenadines |
Dec 3 1997 |
August 1 2001 |
| Samoa |
Dec 3 1997 |
July 23 1998 |
| San Marino |
Dec 3 1997 |
March 18 1998 |
| São Tomé e Principe |
April 30 1998 |
March 31 2003 |
| Senegal |
Dec 3 1997 |
Sept 24 1998 |
| Seychelles |
Dec 4 1997 |
June 2 2000 |
| Sierra Leone |
July 19 1998 |
April 25 2001 |
| Slovakia |
Dec 3 1997 |
Feb 25 1999 |
| Slovenia |
Dec 3 1997 |
Oct 27 1998 |
| Solomon Islands |
Dec 4 1997 |
Jan 26 1999 |
| South Africa |
Dec 3 1997 |
June 26 1998 |
| Spain |
Dec 3 1997 |
Jan 19 1999 |
| Sudan |
Dec 4 1997 |
Oct 13, 2003 |
| Suriname |
Dec 4 1997 |
May 23 2002 |
| Swaziland |
Dec 4 1997 |
Dec 23 1998 |
| Sweden |
Dec 4 1997 |
Nov 30 1998 |
| Switzerland |
Dec 3 1997 |
March 24 1998 |
| Tajikistan* |
Oct 12 1999 |
Oct 12 1999 |
| Tanzania United Republic of |
Dec 3 1997 |
Nov 13 2000 |
| Thailand |
Dec 3 1997 |
Nov 27 1998 |
| Timor Leste (East Timor)* |
May 7 2003 |
May 7 2003 |
| Togo |
Dec 4 1997 |
March 9 2000 |
| Trinidad & Tobago |
Dec 4 1997 |
April 27 1998 |
| Tunisia |
Dec 4 1997 |
July 9 1999 |
| Turkey* |
Sept 25 2003 |
Sept 25 2003 |
| Turkmenistan |
Dec 3 1997 |
Jan 19 1998 |
| Uganda |
Dec 3 1997 |
Feb 25 1999 |
| United Kingdom |
Dec 3 1997 |
July 31 1998 |
| Uruguay |
Dec 3 1997 |
June 7 2001 |
| Venezuela |
Dec 3 1997 |
April 14 1999 |
| Yemen |
Dec 4 1997 |
Sept 1 1998 |
| Zambia |
Dec 12 1997 |
February 23 2001 |
| Zimbabwe |
Dec 3 1997 |
June 18 1998 |
ENTRY INTO FORCE: March 1999
in accordance with article 17 (1).
Note: States may become bound without signature through a one step procedure known as accession. Those states are marked with an asterix *.
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