Kazakhstan
Many States not party acknowledge and support, to various degrees, the humanitarian goals of the Convention. This page presents the latest information available or expressed by the State not party, vis-à-vis the Convention. The information is largely drawn from the Convention's formal and informal meetings, President's Observations, UN Office for Disarmament records, and/or Landmine Monitor if noted.
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The State not party has participated as Observer in the following formal meetings of the Convention
- 1MSP, 4MSP, 5MSP, 1RC, 6MSP, 7MSP, 2RC, 14MSP, 16MSP (2017)
- 1MSP, 4MSP, 5MSP, 1RC, 6MSP, 7MSP, 2RC, 14MSP, 16MSP (2017)
Since 1997, the UN General Assembly has adopted a “Resolution on the Implementation of the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction”.
The State not party most recently has voted as follows,
In favour - 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
The State not party has indicated on its abstentions,
“Kazakhstan completely supports the humane orientation of the Convention (…) There are a lot of objectives reasons on which Kazakhstan is not ready to liquidate anti-personnel mines: 1) Kazakhstan has a big border with the neighbouring countries which should be covered and protected by armed forces, including by the use of antipersonnel mines in frontier areas of the country at the certain cases of conditions, 2) Full destruction or non-use of anti-personnel mines is unacceptable in the absence of alternative systems to defend the overland borders of the country (…) At the same time, in 1997, a moratorium on export of anti-personnel mines, including their reexport and transit, entered into force in Kazakhstan.” (Statement by the Chief of Special Troops Department of the Chief of Staff Committee of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Kazakhstan at the International Seminar ‘Confidence Building Measures and Regional Cooperation through Mine Action’, Almaty, 25-27 March 2007)
Formal and informal statements provided during meetings of the States Parties or Intersessional Meetings can be found under the Statements section.
