Stop Cluster Bombs

Parliamentary event for entry into force

mary — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:11:34 +0000

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. (more…)

Beating the drum to welcome the ban

mary — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:54:32 +0000

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. (more…)

August 1st: Come + Celebrate!

mary — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:01:19 +0000

Come and celebrate the treaty banning cluster bombs!

Wellington Event: Drumming Session + Film Screening

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Chile conference on cluster bombs

mary — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:56:28 +0000

New Zealand government and civil society representatives were in Chile last week for a major international meeting of governments that have banned cluster bombs. (more…)

Meeting: Argentina and Vietnam

mary — Fri, 28 May 2010 01:31:47 +0000

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. (more…)

Samoa ratifies cluster bomb ban

mary — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 07:55:33 +0000

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. (more…)

Campaign starts 100-day countdown

mary — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:36:01 +0000

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. (more…)

Treaty reaches ratification milestone

mary — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:36:29 +0000

The international treaty banning cluster munitions has received its 30th ratification, meaning that it will become binding international law six months from now. Burkina Faso and Moldova ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions at the United Nations in New York on Tuesday, 16 February New York time [NZ time – Wednesday, 17 February], becoming the 29th and 30th signatories to ratify respectively and triggering an entry into force date of August 1, 2010. (more…)

New Zealand ratifies cluster bomb ban!

mary — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:39:16 +0000

(Wellington, 23 December 2009) – New Zealand has ratified the international treaty banning cluster munitions one week after domestic implementing legislation was signed into law, said the Aotearoa New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition (ANZCMC) today. (more…)

Cluster bomb ban law passes

mary — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:00:22 +0000

(Wellington: 11 December 2009) Campaigners are celebrating the passage of the Cluster Munitions Prohibition Bill by the New Zealand parliament last night. With the unanimous vote in support of the implementing legislation, New Zealand’s ratification of the international treaty banning cluster munitions is now imminent. (more…)