Auckland talk on cluster bombs
20th Aug 2009 | Filed Under Coalition Actions, Legislation
Next Wednesday, 26 August, the ANZCMC Coordinator Mary Wareham will give an early evening talk at Auckland University on New Zealand’s work to ban cluster bombs. Details follow and a flyer is also available for download. Read more
Cluster Bomb Ban Hits Half-Way Mark
19th Aug 2009 | Filed Under Coalition Actions, Legislation
The international treaty banning cluster bombs has now passed the half-way milestone to the 30 ratifications needed for it to become binding international law. Yesterday, the United Nations confirmed that Croatia become the fifteenth country to ratify the Convention on Cluster Munitions on 17 August. New Zealand has signed the Convention, but not yet ratified as legislation to implement the Convention must first be enacted. Read more
Actions in August against cluster bombs
18th Aug 2009 | Filed Under Coalition Actions, Legislation
In August 2009, members of the international Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) held events and activities to remember victims of cluster bomb strikes in Georgia one year ago and South Lebanon three years ago. This is a brief report on the activities undertaken in Aotearoa New Zealand. Read more
Never Again: Remember Georgia & Lebanon
12th Aug 2009 | Filed Under Coalition Actions, Legislation
Mid-August is a time to remember of the victims of cluster bomb strikes by Georgia and Russia in Georgia one year ago and by Israel and Hezbollah in South Lebanon three years ago. Around the world, members of the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) are holding events and activities this month to remember the victims of cluster bomb strikes by those countries. Read more
Christchurch talk on cluster bombs
10th Aug 2009 | Filed Under Coalition Actions
Mary Wareham, coordinator of the Aotearoa New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition (ANZCMC) is giving a lunchtime talk at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch this Thursday, 13 August. Read more
Submissions on the cluster bomb ban
5th Aug 2009 | Filed Under Coalition Actions, Legislation
On 30 July, a call for public submissions on the Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Bill, was issued with a submission deadline of 10 September 2009. The Bill, which will govern New Zealand’s implementation of the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions, was introduced on 21 July 2009 and read for the first time on 28 July. Read more