Handicap International

Number of Scientists
who have signed the Appeal
as of 01.03.2005

Classification by group of countries:
- who have not signed the Mine Ban Treaty
- who have signed but not ratified the Mine Ban Treaty *
- who are State Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty

Countries	First 64 Signatories	TOTAL
Non Signatories CUBA FINLAND INDIA ISRAEL MOROCCO RUSSIA TURKEY USA	0 0 3 1 0 1 2 7	1 1 9 11 4 5 6 172
Signatories INDONESIA POLAND UKRAINE	0 0 0	1 1 3
State Parties ALGERIA ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA BELGIUM BRAZIL CANADA CZECH REP. DENMARK ESTONIA FRANCE GERMANY HUNGARY IRELAND ITALY JAPAN LITHUANIA MEXICO NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NORWAY PORTUGAL ROMANIA SLOVENIA SPAIN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND TOGO TUNISIA UK	0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 19 5 4 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3	4 2 1 2 20 3 14 1 11 1 271 35 8 4 31 4 2 5 6 1 2 1 3 2 6 5 9 1 1 13
TOTAL 41	64	686

* The signature of the Treaty is a political commitment, but it doesn't bind States to the obligations of the Treaty. To become a State Party, a country has to ratify it.