Parliamentary event for entry into force
4th Aug 2010 | Filed Under Coalition Actions, NZ Government
On Tuesday, 3 August, New Zealand’s Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control, Hon. Georgina Te Heuheu hosted a reception at parliament to celebrate entry info force of the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Read more
Beating the drum to welcome the ban
1st Aug 2010 | Filed Under Coalition Actions
At 12.00pm local time (00.00 GMT) on August 1st, the Aotearoa New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition (ANZCMC) kicked off the first* in a series of dozens of events to held around the world to celebrate entry into force of the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Wellington musician Sam Manzanza and his colleagues including Tom Scrase (The Thomas Oliver Band), and Navjeevan Singh led off a 40-minute drumming session that kids and adults joined in. The drumming session took place at Capital E in Civic Square, Wellington. Read more
August 1st: Come + Celebrate!
13th Jul 2010 | Filed Under Coalition Actions
Come and celebrate the treaty banning cluster bombs!
Wellington Event: Drumming Session + Film Screening
Meeting: Argentina and Vietnam
28th May 2010 | Filed Under Coalition Actions
As part of the 100-day countdown to entry into force of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, campaigners in New Zealand have been contacting governments to urge them to support the ban. This week, campaign representatives in Wellington met with diplomatic representatives from Argentina and Vietnam. Thailand was not available and Brazil did not respond to the coalition’s request for a meeting. Read more
Samoa ratifies cluster bomb ban
30th Apr 2010 | Filed Under Coalition Actions
Samoa’s ratification of the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions should spur other Pacific nations to come on board the ban. On 28 April 2010, Samoa deposited its instrument of ratification to the Convention on Cluster Munitions with the United Nations in New York. Read more
Campaign starts 100-day countdown
23rd Apr 2010 | Filed Under Coalition Actions
Today, the Aotearoa New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition launched a campaign to step up pressure on governments to join the Convention on Cluster Munitions in the final 100 days before it becomes binding international law. Read more