As part of the Global Week of Action, the Aotearoa New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition is urging undecided states to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions this December.  The first of five daily action alerts to be issued during this week focuses on BRASIL…

Status
Brasil attended a couple of Oslo Process meetings as an observer (including Wellington in February 2008).  It was absent from the May 2008 negotiations of the Convention on Cluster Munitions and it is not known if the country will sign the treaty on 3 December 2008. Brasil is one of the last Latin American states that has not yet indicated its support for the Convention (the others are Colombia and Cuba).  Brasil is not known to have ever used cluster munitions but, according to Human Rights Watch, four Brazilian companies produce cluster munitions which have been exported to Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. Brazil’s stockpile of cluster munitions is not believed to be significant and should not be costly to destroy.

Take Action
Please send a personal letter urging Brasil to sign the Convention.

Write to:
Ambassador Manoel Gomes-Pereira
Embassy of the Republic of Brazil
Deloitte House, 10 Brandon Street, Level 9
Wellington 6011
Email. brasemb[@]brazil.org.nz

More information

• Download ANZCMC Letter to Brasil’s Ambassador to New Zealand
• Brasilian Campaign to Ban Landmines

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