Nicaragua ratified the Convention on 30 November 1998, and the Convention entered into force for Nicaragua on 1 May 1999.

Stockpile Destruction (Article 4)

In its initial transparency report submitted in 18 May 2000, Nicaragua reported stockpiled anti-personnel mines under its ownership or possession or under its jurisdiction or control. In its transparency report submitted in 30 March 2002, Nicaragua reported that it had completed the destruction of all stockpiled anti-personnel mines. In total, Nicaragua reported having destroyed 133, 435 mines.

Mine Clearance (Article 5)

In its initial transparency report, Nicaragua reported area under its jurisdiction or control in which anti-personnel mines were known or suspected to be emplaced. In accordance with Article 5 of the Convention, Nicaragua undertook to destroy or ensure the destruction of all anti-personnel mines in these areas as soon as possible but not later than 1 May 2009.

On, 9 October 2008, at the Ninth Meeting of the States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, the States Parties approved Nicaragua’s request to extend its Article 5 deadline by one year until 1 May 2010.

At the 2010 Meeting of the Standing Committee on Mine Clearance, Nicaragua announced that the last mine had been removed from the ground on 13 April 2010 and that Nicaragua was now officially mine free and therefore had fulfilled its obligation under Article 5 of the Convention.

Request for Extension

Extension Request Received 28 March 2008 Spanish PDF 21MB

Executive Summary of Extension Request PDF 32KB

Analysis of Extension Request PDF 139KB

Decisions on Extension Request PDF 74KB

Victim Assistance

Nicaragua is one of the States Parties to have reported responsibility for significant number of landmine survivors. The estimated number of survivors is 1,145.  The government of Nicaragua have are working to address the needs of war victims, including landmine survivors.

Declaration of Completion 2010

Article 7 transparency report submitted in 2011
Spanish PDF 1.1MB

Nicaragua—OAS Mine Action Programme
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