LATEST NEWS
Monday 19 Marc 2007:
UK MOVES CLOSER TO CLUSTER BOMB BAN, BUT KEEPS UNACCEPTABLE WEAPONS FOR USE
Less than a month after joining 45 other countries in a commitment to ban cluster munitions by 2008, the UK has announced it is banning the use of ‘dumb’ cluster munitions with immediate effect.
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full press release.
Friday 23 February 2007:
46 NATIONS COMMIT TO BAN CLUSTER BOMBS
Overwhelming success in Oslo as 46 nations commit to a cluster bomb ban in
2008.
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full press release.
Friday 23 February 2007:
OSLO CONFERENCE ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS, DECLARATION
View the full text on the declaration committed to by the states attending
the Oslo conference.
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full text.
Monday 19 February 2007:
CAMPAIGNERS SAY “CLUSTER BOMBS DON’T ADD UP”
As more than 40 nations take the first step towards a new international treaty
to protect civilians from the
deadly effects of cluster bombs, new reports from Landmine Action and Norwegian
People’s Aid (NPA)
highlight the continued problems caused by the use of cluster bombs by NATO on
Kosovo and Serbia.
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full press release.
Thursday 14 December 2006:
LORDS SET TO SUPPORT CLUSTER MUNITIONS BAN
A new bill to prohibit the use of cluster munitions will have its second reading in the House of Lords on Friday 15 December 2006
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Thursday 23 November 2006:
NEW BILL ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS TABLED IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS
A Private Members’ Bill for a prohibition on cluster munitions was introduced in the House of Lords by Lord Dubs.
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Wednesday 22 November 2006
NEW EARLY DAY MOTIONS
Three EDMs on cluster munitions have been
tabled for signatures in the House of Commons this session. All MPs should be
encouraged to sign EDMs 257, 258 and 273.
View Early Day Motions page.
Thursday 16 November 2006
NORWAY TAKES THE LEAD IN A NEW PROCESS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS AS THE CCW FAILS
TO ADDRESS THIS URGENT HUMANITARIAN PROBLEM
The Norwegian government has announced its intention to start a new process
for a treaty to ban cluster munitions that cause unacceptable harm to civilians.
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Norwegian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs press release
Wednesday 15 November 2006
WOMEN NOBEL LAUREATES SUPPORT BAN ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS
A statement from six of
the seven Women Nobel Laureates was presented to assembled delegates at the CCW.
The statement was read by a representative of fellow Nobel Prize winner, the
International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL).
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Tuesday 14 November 2006
UK BLOCKS PROGRESS ON WORK ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS WITHIN THE EU
At a private meeting of the EU at the CCW this morning, the UK vetoed a proposal
for a meeting of government military experts to make recommendations to heads
of delegations by Wednesday on a common position on clusters munitions. The UK
was the only country to veto this proposal.
Daily updates from the Third Review Conference of the CCW can be found on the
CMC website at:
wwww.stopclustermunitions.org
Tuesday 14 November 2006
DUMB CLUSTER MUNITION POLICY
Landmine Action responds to UK statement
at the CCW.
The
UK’s statement from Monday 13 November
2006
Landmine
Action’s response from Tuesday 14 November
2006
Monday 13 November 2006
24 STATES CALL FOR A NEW TREATY ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS
Momentum is growing in Geneva for new negotiations towards a new international
law on cluster munitions. Support for this new cluster munition treaty has jumped
from 6 to 24 states in the first week of the Conventional Weapons Review Conference
and comes as a new accord enters into force on Explosive Remnants of War (ERW)
that does not sufficiently address the problem of cluster munitions.
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full press release
Friday 10 November 2006
A “DUMB” PLOY TO DISTRACT ATTENTION FROM GROWING
CALLS FOR A NEW TREATY ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS
Despite delaying tactics by the UK, momentum is growing in Geneva for a new treaty
on cluster munitions.
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full press release
Tuesday 7 November 2006
ANNAN CALLS FOR “FREEZE” ON DEADLY CLUSTER
BOMBS
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for a “freeze” on
the use of cluster munitions that kill and injure civilians.
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full press release
Tuesday 7 November 2006
UN CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS (CCW) IN GENEVA
The
Third Review Conference of the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
(CCW) convenes in Geneva from Tuesday 7 – Friday 17 November 2006. Campaigners
will be looking to assembled states for immediate and adequate action on the
urgent issue of cluster munitions.
Austria, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand and Sweden are calling for negotiations
on a new law on cluster munitions. Belgium and Norway have officially stopped
their use of the weapons.
Thursday 2 November 2006
FATAL FOOTPRINT: THE GLOBAL HUMAN IMPACT OF CLUSTER MUNITIONS
New preliminary report from Handicap International documents the impact of cluster
munitions on the lives of people in all 24 countries and regions which are known
to be affected by these weapons.
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the report
Thursday 19 October 2006
FORSEEABLE HARM: THE USE AND IMPACT OF CLUSTER MUNITIONS IN LEBANON
New
report from Landmine Action provides a detailed analysis of the use of cluster
munitions in Lebanon.
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the report
Thursday 19 October 2006
PRODUCT RECALL CAMPAIGN LAUNCH
The new UK campaign to ban cluster munitions launches at 11am in Committee Room
6 in the House of Commons. |
