Dublin Day 1- Petitions & Opening
20th May 2008 | Filed Under Coalition Actions, Dublin Negotiations
(Dublin: 19 May 08) Today the campaigners came together outside the conference venue as delegates were arriving to welcome them with a sea of banners and arms that showed the public support in their countries for the ban on cluster bombs. Then the (new) Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin came out to receive 704,715 petition signatures gathered from around the world calling for a ban on cluster bombs. The total included 7,202 petitions collected from the New Zealand public (the 3,367 presented to Hon. Phil Goff on 20 February 2008 and additional signatures received since then). Read more
Dublin – Ban Bus
19th May 2008 | Filed Under Coalition Actions, Dublin Negotiations
(Dublin: 18 May 08) At lunchtime today, campaigners from around the world welcomed the Irish Ban Bus to Dublin. Australian campaigner John Rodsted and Norwegian development expert Mette Eliseuessen have been touring around Ireland and Northern Ireland to raise public awareness on the need to create a strong treaty banning cluster bombs. Read more
Dublin – Preparations…
19th May 2008 | Filed Under Coalition Actions, Dublin Negotiations
(Dublin: 17 May 08) Today I attended the first day of a weekend of organising meetings by the Cluster Munition Coalition to prepare campaigners for the Dublin negotiations of the cluster bomb ban treaty. A total of 280 campaigners from 64 countries have registered to attend this conference, which opens Monday 19 May. Read more