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Bahamas: Child Soldier Global Report 2001
From the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Recruitment for the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RDBF) is on voluntary basis only. No information is available on the minimum age of recruitment. Basic training for marines takes place at the Coral Harbour base. Marines and officers are trained in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.
June 12, 2001

Bahamas: Landmine Monitor Report 2000
The Bahamas signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997 and ratified on 31 July 1998. It is not believed to have enacted domestic implementation legislation. The Bahamas has not yet submitted its Article 7 transparency report, due on 27 August 1999. The Bahamas was not present at the First Meeting of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty in Maputo in May 1999 and has not participated in the intersessional meetings of the ban treaty. The Bahamas voted in favor of the December 1999 UN General Assembly resolution in support of the Mine Ban Treaty.
August 1, 2000


   


   
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