Parliament starts to act on cluster bombs
2nd Jul 2009 | Filed Under Coalition Actions, NZ Government
Parliament’s Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee met twice in May 2009 to consider the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions. It issued a “treaty examination” report recommending that the Minister of Disarmament “expeditiously” progress a bill through the House to implement the treaty domestically. The annexed National Interest Analysis (NIA) prepared by MFAT provides some recommendations on content for the proposed “Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Bill,” which will be “broadly similar” to the Anti-Personnel Mines Prohibition Act 1998 that implemented the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. Read more
NZ: Ratify Cluster Bomb Ban!
29th May 2009 | Filed Under Coalition Actions, NZ Government
Press Release (29 May 2009) -
NEW ZEALAND URGED TO RATIFY CLUSTER BOMB BAN
New report details New Zealand’s role in creation of the new treaty
The New Zealand government needs to step up its ratification of the new treaty banning cluster bombs said the Aotearoa New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition today.
“New Zealand was one of the first countries in the world to sign the treaty banning cluster bombs, but our ratification of this crucial agreement is lagging,” said Mary Wareham, coordinator of the Aotearoa New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition (ANZCMC). “There is a clear humanitarian imperative to ensure that this treaty takes effect as quickly as possible to avoid future casualties from cluster bombs,” she added. Read more
NZ and cluster bombs in Afghanistan
6th May 2009 | Filed Under Coalition Actions, NZ Government
Campaigners in New Zealand are seeking assurances from the government that our troops will not be expected to assist with the use, transfer, and stockpiling of cluster munitions in Afghanistan. The Aotearoa New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition (ANZCMC) has written to Minister of Foreign Affairs Hon Murray McCully following a request from the United States that New Zealand recommit Special Air Services (SAS) troops to the US-led NATO operation in Afghanistan. Read more
Video on Dublin Negotiations
7th Mar 2009 | Filed Under Coalition Actions, Dublin Negotiations
DraftFCB, the advertising agency that has helped our campaigning immensely in Aotearoa New Zealand, has just uploaded to YouTube the video of an interview that Mary Wareham did back in July 2008 after the Dublin negotiations and adoption of the Convention on Cluster Munitions. The video is available for viewing here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4CIL8n6QCc Read more
Oslo Report on Activities
9th Feb 2009 | Filed Under Coalition Actions, NZ Government
This coordinator of the Aotearoa New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition, Mary Wareham, has drafted a report on the campaign’s activities at the Convention on Cluster Munitions Signing Conference held in Oslo, Norway on 2-4 December 2008. Read more
New Zealand among first treaty signatories
4th Dec 2008 | Filed Under Coalition Actions, NZ Government
New Zealand was one of the first countries to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions at a high-level signing conference in Oslo, Norway on 3 December. By the close of the two-day conference a total of 94 nations had signed the treaty, which bans cluster munitions outright and provides strong humanitarian provisions for their clean-up. Read more