Cluster Munition Coalition
Cluster Munition Coalition is a global network of more than 250 civil society organisations working in 70 countries to try to ban the use of cluster bombs.
VIDEO BLOG: Global talks to ban cluster bombs (day 4-5)
Author: Cluster Munition Coalition
Five days into the international negotiations to ban cluster bombs, campaigners have taken to the streets in protest. False accusations from the US that the cluster bomb treaty would undermine joint humanitarian operations were met by a public outcry outside the US embassy in Dublin. Nobel Prize Laureate Jody Williams joins the protest.
Author: Cluster Munition Coalition
Five days into the international negotiations to ban cluster bombs, campaigners have taken to the streets in protest. False accusations from the US that the cluster bomb treaty would undermine joint humanitarian operations were met by a public outcry outside the US embassy in Dublin. Nobel Prize Laureate Jody Williams joins the protest.
VIDEO BLOG: Global talks to ban cluster bombs (day 2-3)
Author: Cluster Munition Coalition
On days two and three of the international negotiations to ban cluster bombs in Dublin the issue of victim assistance was high on the agenda. The CMC is calling for a treaty that will not only ban cluster bombs but also provide financial, medical, socio-economic and psychological support to affected families, communities and individuals, including clearance of contaminated land. A group of survivors are involved in the negotiations to ensure the rights of affected people are at the heart of the treaty.
Author: Cluster Munition Coalition
On days two and three of the international negotiations to ban cluster bombs in Dublin the issue of victim assistance was high on the agenda. The CMC is calling for a treaty that will not only ban cluster bombs but also provide financial, medical, socio-economic and psychological support to affected families, communities and individuals, including clearance of contaminated land. A group of survivors are involved in the negotiations to ensure the rights of affected people are at the heart of the treaty.
VIDEO BLOG: Global talks to ban cluster bombs (day 1)
Author: Cluster Munition Coalition
On day one of international negotiations to ban cluster bombs in Dublin hopes are high for a treaty that will ban all cluster bombs with no exceptions, no loopholes and no delays.
Author: Cluster Munition Coalition
On day one of international negotiations to ban cluster bombs in Dublin hopes are high for a treaty that will ban all cluster bombs with no exceptions, no loopholes and no delays.
VIDEO BLOG: Campaigners call for cluster bomb ban
Author: Cluster Munition Coalition
Civil society representatives and cluster bomb survivors from around the world today are calling on governments to support a comprehensive ban on cluster bombs, without exceptions. The call comes as more than 100 governments begin two weeks of final negotiations in Dublin, Ireland, on a new international treaty to ban cluster bombs. Certain states seek to weaken the treaty. Civil society representatives and survivors expect this to be the most significant humanitarian and disarmament treaty since the ban on antipersonnel landmines over a decade ago.
Author: Cluster Munition Coalition
Civil society representatives and cluster bomb survivors from around the world today are calling on governments to support a comprehensive ban on cluster bombs, without exceptions. The call comes as more than 100 governments begin two weeks of final negotiations in Dublin, Ireland, on a new international treaty to ban cluster bombs. Certain states seek to weaken the treaty. Civil society representatives and survivors expect this to be the most significant humanitarian and disarmament treaty since the ban on antipersonnel landmines over a decade ago.
VIDEO BLOG: Day three of Wellington cluster bombs conference
Author: Cluster Munition Coalition
During the third day of the Wellington conference on cluster munitions discussions centred on clearance of unexploded cluster munitions and assistance for victims. The New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition stepped up its campaigning with a petition action in Civic Square. Led by Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams, campaigners and members of the public lay down and had a chalk outline made of their bodies that they then signed, constituting a petition signature against cluster bombs.
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Author: Cluster Munition Coalition
During the third day of the Wellington conference on cluster munitions discussions centred on clearance of unexploded cluster munitions and assistance for victims. The New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition stepped up its campaigning with a petition action in Civic Square. Led by Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams, campaigners and members of the public lay down and had a chalk outline made of their bodies that they then signed, constituting a petition signature against cluster bombs.
