Cook Islands legislates, ratifies cluster bomb ban
29th Aug 2011 | Filed Under Pacific, Press release
The Cook Islands’ ratification of the international convention banning cluster munitions and its new implementation law sets a positive example for other Pacific nations that need to take these actions said the Aotearoa New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition (ANZCMC) in a press release issued today (29 August 2011). Read more
Wellington event report, 11 August
12th Aug 2011 | Filed Under Coalition Actions, NZ Government
This is a report on the “Join the Team to Ban Cluster Bombs” event hosted by the Aotearoa New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition at Connolly Hall in Wellington on Thursday, 11 August 2011.
The purpose of the event was three-fold: 1. To celebrate the first anniversary of the 1 August 2010 entry into force of the Convention on Cluster Munitions; 2. To countdown to the Convention’s Second Meeting of States Parties, which will be held in Beirut, Lebanon in September; and 3. To remember the victims of cluster bombs in Lebanon and around the world, as well as the lives lost in Norway last month. Read more
August 1: One year since the ban became law
1st Aug 2011 | Filed Under Coalition Actions
One year after it became international law, the Aotearoa New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition is calling on all states that have not yet done so to join the 2008 treaty banning cluster bombs. Read more