Media
This section of the site is aimed at members of the media interested in issues related to cluster munitions.
A central goal of the CMC is to raise public awareness about the importance of embracing the ban on cluster bombs. In collaboration with our CMC members in over 100 countries, we provide up to date and relevant information to journalists covering related topics.
News
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04 December 2007
120 COUNTRIES GATHER IN VIENNA TO DISCUSS CLUSTER BOMB BAN TREATY
(Vienna, Austria, 4 December 2007.) The third major international conference on cluster munitions opens tomorrow as 120 countries gather in Vienna to discuss a ban treaty to be signed in 2008. The con…
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13 November 2007
NO HOPE FOR CLUSTER BOMB BAN IN GENEVA BUT MOMENTUM GROWS FOR VIENNA TREATY TALKS
(Geneva, Switzerland, 13 November 2007.) Cluster munition talks proved fruitless in Geneva today as the focus shifts to a major international conference in Vienna to develop a ban treaty. Cluster muni…
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04 October 2007
SURVIVORS AND STATES JOIN FORCES AGAINST CLUSTER BOMBS
Belgrade, 4 October 2007 - Cluster bomb survivors gathered in Serbia this week to ensure their rights were at the heart of international efforts to ban the weapon by 2008. Twenty-two of the 26 affec…
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02 October 2007
CLUSTER BOMB AFFECTED COUNTRIES TAKE OWNERSHIP OF BAN PROCESS WITH UNPRECEDENTED CONFERENCE
Belgrade, 2 October 2007 – The interests and needs of people affected by cluster munitions must be at the heart of the new international treaty to ban these weapons, said Thomas Nash, Coordinator of t…
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14 August 2007
12 MONTHS OF SUFFERING FROM CLUSTER BOMBS IN LEBANON, BUT MOMENTUM GROWS FOR INTERNATIONAL BAN
London, 14 August 2007: Thousands of civilians remain at risk from Israeli cluster munitions used one year ago, but in the space of a year civil society and states have made major progress towards a n…
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27 June 2007
NETHERLANDS SUSPENDS USE OF CLUSTER MUNITIONS, BUT QUESTIONS REMAIN
The Hague, 27 June 2007The Dutch government announced a moratorium on the use of cluster munitions today, as the Parliamentary Commission on Defence held a hearing on the weapon. However, the governme…
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19 May 2007
BRAZILIAN U-TURN ON CLUSTER BOMB TALKS
In a diplomatic u-turn, the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided not to attend the international meeting on cluster bombs that will be held in Lima next week, from 23 – 25 May. Some 70 co…
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19 March 2007
UK MOVES CLOSER TO CLUSTER BOMB BAN, BUT KEEPS UNACCEPTABLE WEAPONS FOR USE
(London 19 March 2007) – Less than a month after joining 45 other countries in a commitment to ban cluster munitions by 2008, the UK has announced it is banning the use of ‘dumb’ cluster munitions wit…
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14 March 2007
CAMBODIA ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR NEW TREATY BANNING CLUSTER MUNITIONS
(Phnom Penh, 14 March 2007) – On the eve of the first regional forum on cluster munitions in Southeast Asia, Cambodia announced support for banning cluster munitions. Cambodia’s declaration comes thre…
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23 February 2007
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS HAIL HISTORIC AGREEMENT ON CLUSTER BOMBS
A historic process to develop, negotiate and conclude a new treaty prohibiting cluster munitions that have unacceptable consequences for civilians was launched at a successful conference hosted by the…