On Thursday, 24 September 2009, the campaign appeared before a parliamentary committee to speak in support of draft legislation to govern New Zealand’s implementation of the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions. Read more

Next Monday, 14 September at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand Ambassador Don MacKay and campaigner Mary Wareham are giving a joint talk on New Zealand’s work to ban cluster bombs. This lecture is open to the public, as well as VUW students. More details follow. Download the flyer. Read more

An exciting report published this week by Handicap International finds that survivors of landmines, cluster bombs, and other explosive remnants of war suffer discrimination and feel let-down by their government’s promises to provide victim assistance as they compete with other vulnerable groups for a limited number of services. Read more

Next Wednesday, 26 August, the ANZCMC Coordinator Mary Wareham will give an early evening talk at Auckland University on New Zealand’s work to ban cluster bombs. Details follow and a flyer is also available for download. Read more

The international treaty banning cluster bombs has now passed the half-way milestone to the 30 ratifications needed for it to become binding international law. Yesterday, the United Nations confirmed that Croatia become the fifteenth country to ratify the Convention on Cluster Munitions on 17 August. New Zealand has signed the Convention, but not yet ratified as legislation to implement the Convention must first be enacted. Read more

In August 2009, members of the international Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) held events and activities to remember victims of cluster bomb strikes in Georgia one year ago and South Lebanon three years ago. This is a brief report on the activities undertaken in Aotearoa New Zealand. Read more