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Mine Ban Policy
Mine Ban Policy
The Republic of Moldova signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997 and ratified it on 8 September 2000, becoming a State Party on 1 March 2001. Moldova has not enacted any legal measures to implement the treaty domestically as it believes that the 2002 Criminal Code covers all aspects necessary for adequate implementation of the treaty.[1]
In 2011, Moldova submitted its eleventh Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 report, covering calendar year 2010.[2] It has cited no changes since 2006.
Moldova attended the Tenth Meeting of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty in Geneva in November–December 2010.
In 2006, Moldova expressed its views on key issues of interpretation and implementation related to Articles 1, 2, and 3 of the Mine Ban Treaty, when it made strong statements in agreement with the positions of the ICBL and many States Parties.[3]
Moldova is party to the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) and its Amended Protocol II on landmines. It submitted an annual Article 13 report in April 2011.
Production, transfer, stockpiling, and mines retained
Moldova has stated that it has never produced, imported, or exported antipersonnel mines. It destroyed its stockpile of 13,194 antipersonnel mines inherited from the Soviet Union in 2002, as part of a destruction program managed by the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency.[4]
In 2002, Moldova declared it would retain 849 antipersonnel mines for training. It reported destroying a number of these during 2004, indicating that 249 remained retained for training. In 2006, Moldova destroyed the remaining 249 antipersonnel mines.[5]
[1] Interview with Dorin Panfil, Head, Division for Political-Military Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Chisinau, 31 March 2009; and interview with Emil Druc, Deputy Head, General Department for Multilateral Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Chisinau, 13 March 2007. See also Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Report, Form A, 30 April 2006, which states “The Criminal Code of the Republic of Moldova envisages penal sanctions for the storage, purchase, selling and use of weapons and ammunitions that also includes anti-personnel mines. Although there is not national legislation specifically related to the Convention, the existing one is sufficient to give effect to the Convention.”
[2] Previous Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 reports were submitted on 28 August 2001, 8 April 2002, 17 April 2003, 29 April 2004, 6 May 2005, 30 April 2006, 23 April 2007, in 2008, 5 May 2009, and in 2010.
[3] Statement of Moldova, “Statements on Articles 1, 2, and 3,” Standing Committee on the General Status and Operation of the Convention, Mine Ban Treaty, Geneva, 12 May 2006.
[4] Types destroyed under this program included PMN, PMN-2 (Soviet origin), and MAI-75 (Romanian origin). Moldova’s reporting on its stockpiled mines, mines destroyed, and mines retained was inconsistent. See Landmine Monitor Report 2005, pp. 430–431.
[5] See Landmine Monitor Report 2002, pp. 349–350; Landmine Monitor Report 2004, p. 575; and Landmine Monitor Report 2007, p. 515.
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