This is a list of states that have signed and ratified or acceded to the Ottawa Treaty

Ottawa Treaty

The Ottawa Treaty or the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, officially known as the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, aims at eliminating anti-personnel landmines around the world. , there were 158...

(also known as the Mine Ban Treaty). The treaty, which outlaws anti-personnel mine

Anti-personnel mine

Anti-personnel mines are a form of land mine designed for use against humans, as opposed to anti-tank mines, which are designed for use against vehicles...

s, was opened for signature on December 3, 1997. Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

, and Mauritius

Mauritius

Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...

 became the first states to ratify the treaty that same day. The treaty came into force

Coming into force

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and closed for signature on March 1, 1999 with the ratification by 40 states. Since then, states that did not sign the treaty can now only accede to it. As of September 13, 2011, 158 states have ratified or acceded to the treaty, and two states have signed the treaty but not ratified it.

Ratified or acceded states

State	Signed	Deposited	Method
Afghanistan			Accession
Albania			Ratification
Algeria			Ratification
Andorra			Ratification
Angola			Ratification
Antigua and Barbuda			Ratification
Argentina			Ratification
Australia			Ratification
Austria			Ratification
The Bahamas			Ratification
Bangladesh			Ratification
Barbados			Ratification
Belarus			Accession
Belgium			Ratification
Belize			Ratification
Benin			Ratification
Bhutan			Accession
Bolivia			Ratification
Bosnia and Herzegovina			Ratification
Botswana			Ratification
Brazil			Ratification
Brunei			Ratification
Kingdom of Bulgaria			Ratification
Burkina Faso			Ratification
Burundi			Ratification
Cambodia			Ratification
Cameroon			Ratification
Canada			Ratification
Cape Verde			Ratification
Central African Republic			Accession
Chad			Ratification
Chile			Ratification
Colombia			Ratification
Comoros			Accession
Republic of the Congo			Accession
Cook Islands			Ratification
Costa Rica			Ratification
Côte d'Ivoire			Ratification
Independent State of Croatia			Ratification
Cyprus			Ratification
Czech Republic			Ratification
Democratic Republic of the Congo			Accession
Denmark			Ratification
Djibouti			Ratification
Dominica			Ratification
Dominican Republic			Ratification
Ecuador			Ratification
El Salvador			Ratification
Equatorial Guinea			Accession
Eritrea			Accession
Estonia			Accession
Ethiopia			Ratification
Fiji			Ratification
Early Modern France			Ratification
Gabon			Ratification
The Gambia			Ratification
Germany			Ratification
Ghana			Ratification
Greece			Ratification
Grenada			Ratification
Guatemala			Ratification
Guinea			Ratification
Guinea-Bissau			Ratification
Guyana			Ratification
Haiti			Ratification
Holy See			Ratification
Honduras			Ratification
Hungary			Ratification
Iceland			Ratification
Indonesia			Ratification
Iraq			Accession
Republic of Ireland			Ratification
Italy			Ratification
Jamaica			Ratification
Japan			Acceptance
Jordan			Ratification
Kenya			Ratification
Kiribati			Accession
Kuwait			Accession
Latvia			Accession
Lesotho			Ratification
Liberia			Accession
Liechtenstein			Ratification
Lithuania			Ratification
Luxembourg			Ratification
Republic of Macedonia			Accession
Madagascar			Ratification
Malawi			Ratification
Malaysia			Ratification
Maldives			Ratification
Mali			Ratification
Malta			Ratification
Mauritania			Ratification
Mauritius			Ratification
Mexico			Ratification
Moldova			Ratification
Monaco			Ratification
Kingdom of Montenegro			Succession
Mozambique			Ratification
Namibia			Ratification
Nauru			Accession
Netherlands			Acceptance
New Zealand			Ratification
Nicaragua			Ratification
Niger			Ratification
Nigeria			Accession
Niue			Ratification
Norway			Ratification
Palau			Accession
Panama			Ratification
Papua New Guinea			Accession
Paraguay			Ratification
Peru			Ratification
Philippines			Ratification
Portugal			Ratification
Qatar			Ratification
Kingdom of Romania			Ratification
Rwanda			Ratification
Saint Kitts and Nevis			Ratification
Saint Lucia			Ratification
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines			Ratification
Samoa			Ratification
San Marino			Ratification
São Tomé and Príncipe			Ratification
Senegal			Ratification
Serbia			Accession
Seychelles			Ratification
Sierra Leone			Ratification
Slovakia			Approval
Slovenia			Ratification
Solomon Islands			Ratification
South Africa			Ratification
			Succession
Spain			Ratification
Sudan			Ratification
Suriname			Ratification
Swaziland			Ratification
Sweden			Ratification
Switzerland			Ratification
Tajikistan			Accession
Tanzania			Ratification
Thailand			Ratification
East Timor			Accession
Togo			Ratification
Trinidad and Tobago			Ratification
Tunisia			Ratification
Turkey			Accession
Turkmenistan			Ratification
Tuvalu			Accession
Uganda			Ratification
Ukraine			Ratification
United Kingdom			Ratification
Uruguay			Ratification
Vanuatu			Ratification
Venezuela			Ratification
Yemen			Ratification
Zambia			Ratification
Zimbabwe			Ratification

States that have signed but not ratified

State	Signed
Marshall Islands
Poland
Finland

Non-signatory states

State
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Myanmar
People's Republic of China
Cuba
Egypt
Federated States of Micronesia
Georgia (country)
India
Iran
Israel
Kazakhstan
North Korea
South Korea
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Libya
Mongolia
Morocco
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Somalia
Sri Lanka
Syria
Tonga
United Arab Emirates
United States
Uzbekistan
Vietnam