Two years later, Serbia still not on ban
2nd Aug 2012 | Filed Under Coalition Actions
It has been two years since the international treaty banning cluster bombs became binding international law on 1 August 2010. As the international movement was preparing to celebrate the impressive achievements of the convention it received sad news from Serbia. Two young army deminers were killed in the morning of 1 August 2012 as they were attempting to clear cluster munitions used by the United States during NATO air strikes in 1999. Read more
Banning cluster bombs: 2011 review
23rd Dec 2011 | Filed Under Coalition Actions, Minister of Disarmament, NZ Government
The Aotearoa New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition is grateful to everyone who supported our work against cluster bombs in 2011. After 2010, we didn’t think this year could be any busier, but it was action-packed… Read more
New Zealand scraps its disarmament minister
13th Dec 2011 | Filed Under Coalition Actions, Minister of Disarmament, NZ Government
The Aotearoa New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition (ANZCMC) looks forward to working with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Murray McCully, on the disarmament and arms control portfolio in support of the Convention on Cluster Munitions. It is however deeply disappointed at the loss of the ministerial position.
In a 19 December 2011 press release, the ANZCMC coordinator Mary Wareham said: ” The loss of our dedicated Disarmament Minister is significant as this role has helped New Zealand to play a unique leadership role in the international movement to ban cluster bombs and in other crucial disarmament effort. New Zealand needs active and constructive engagement by a dedicated Minister to advance the humanitarian disarmament agenda, including the ban on cluster bombs.”
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Effort to weaken the ban defeated!
11th Nov 2011 | Filed Under Coalition Actions
An effort by the United States and other major cluster bomb users and producers to create a new international law permitting these weapons was defeated in Geneva late on Friday, 25 November 2011 by a powerful alliance of governments, UN agencies, the ICRC, and civil society. Read more
Wellington talk by Mary Wareham
28th Sep 2011 | Filed Under Coalition Actions
Aotearoa New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition coordinator Mary Wareham is giving a public talk on the status of the campaigns to ban cluster bombs and landmines, including New Zealand’s engagement, on Monday, October 3rd starting at 5:00pm at Victoria University of Wellington (Cotton 304).
See the Facebook notice by VicIDS.
Storify on the Second Meeting
24th Sep 2011 | Filed Under Coalition Actions