http://www.stopclusterbombs.org.nz Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:30:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.stopclusterbombs.org.nz/2009/07/02/select-committee-starts-to-take-action-on-clusters/ 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 ... http://www.stopclusterbombs.org.nz/2009/05/29/nz-ratify-cluster-bomb-ban/ 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 ... http://www.stopclusterbombs.org.nz/2009/05/06/nz-and-cluster-munitions-in-afghanistan/ 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 ... http://www.stopclusterbombs.org.nz/2009/03/07/video-on-dublin-negotiations/ 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. http://www.stopclusterbombs.org.nz/2009/02/09/oslo-report-on-activities/ 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 ... http://www.stopclusterbombs.org.nz/2008/12/04/new-zealand-one-of-the-first-to-sign-treaty/ Governments gather in Norway to sign global treaty (Oslo, Norway) Heads of State, Foreign Ministers and senior government representatives from around the world are this week gathering in Oslo, Norway to sign a new international treaty prohibiting cluster bombs.  The Convention on Cluster Munitions will be opened for signature on 3 ... http://www.stopclusterbombs.org.nz/2008/12/01/the-final-countdown/ This final of five daily action alerts issued by the Aotearoa New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition targets VIETNAM, an affected country that has not yet decided if it will sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions this December… http://www.stopclusterbombs.org.nz/2008/10/31/action-5-vietnam/ This is fourth of five daily action alerts issued by the Aotearoa New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition. It targets THAILAND as the country has not yet decided if it will sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions this December… http://www.stopclusterbombs.org.nz/2008/10/30/action-4-tell-thailand-to-sign/ This third daily action alert by the Aotearoa New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition targets POLAND, which has not yet decided if it will sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions this December… http://www.stopclusterbombs.org.nz/2008/10/29/action-3-please-do-it-poland/