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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23 December 2011
Dominican Republic ratifies cluster bomb ban
Unexploded cluster bombs in an olive grove. Picture credit: Simon Conway The Dominican Republic has become the 67th State Party to the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions, which bans the use, stockpi…
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26 November 2011
US led attempt to allow cluster bomb use is rejected at UN negotiations
Branislav Kapetanovic, CMC spokesperson at the negotiations in Geneva. Photo credit: Gemima Harvey Campaigners call on remaining states to join international ban on these weapons (Geneva, November 25…
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21 November 2011
The world is watching CCW talks
CMC spokesperson Branislav Kapetanovic and Ambassador Danon in Geneva. As negotiations on a new law that would expressly allow some countries to continue to use cluster munitions enter the crucial fin…
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17 November 2011
European Parliament urges members not to endorse new law allowing use of cluster munitions
(Geneva, 17 November 2011) The European Parliament has sent a strong message to member states not to support a proposed new law currently being discussed in Geneva that will allow cluster munitions to…
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17 November 2011
ICBL-CMC LAUNCHES ‘INVESTING IN ACTION’ TO SUPPORT LOCAL CAMPAIGNS IN 2012
Event to mark the first anniversary of entry into force in Spain. (Geneva/London, 18 November 2012) The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) have lau…
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16 November 2011
CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS TAKES FIRM HOLD
GENEVA, 16 November 2011—The international treaty banning cluster munitions is having a powerful impact after just one year of implementation, according to Cluster Munition Monitor 2011, a global repo…
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14 November 2011
Global public outcry at plans to allow use of cluster bombs
CMC CCW Newlsetter 14 NovemberCMC press release: Global public outcry at plans to allow use of cluster bombsSoraj Ghulam Habib lost both his legs when a BLU-97 cluster submunition exploded near his h…
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10 November 2011
Take action with Avaaz - stand up for the ban on cluster bombs
Children campaign against cluster munitions. Photo credit: Avaaz Avaaz, the global campaigning organisation, has launched an online petition to help us in our campaign against the introduction of a n…
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27 October 2011
CMC statement at First Committee
Alicia Pierro delivers a statement at the United Nations' First Committee on Disarmament and International SecurityOn 26 October 2011 the Cluster Munition Coalition addressed the United Nations’ First…
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11 October 2011
CMC Newsletter September 2011
CMC September newsletterHandicap International pyramid of shoes event in Paris that took place on 24 September. Similar events took place in 31 French cities to show solidarity with victims of landmi…
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23 September 2011
Czech Republic becomes 66th State Party to cluster bomb ban
H. E. Mr. Karel Schwarzenberg Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs deposits his country's ratification instrument at the United Nations in New York. Photo credit: United Nations The …
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23 September 2011
Italy ratifies cluster bomb ban
Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Vincenzo Scotti deposits Italy's ratification instrument at the United Nations in New York. Photo credit: United Nations Italy ratified the Convention…
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23 September 2011
Trinidad and Tobago accedes to cluster bomb ban
H. E. Mr. Surujrattan Rambachan Minister for Foreign Affairs and Communications of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago deposits his country's instrument of accession at the United Nations in New York.…
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16 September 2011
Global conference on cluster bomb ban ends with even more states pledging to join the treaty
CMC campaigners deliver the Victim's Declaration at the end of the Second Meeting of States Parties. Photo credit: John Rodsted/CMC (Beirut, 16 September 2011): The Second Meeting of States Parties to…
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14 September 2011
Shattered lives to stronger future
Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.Photo credit: John Rodsted/CMCJohn Rodsted, member of CMC Australia and long-time campaigner on cluster munitions, is the CMC photographer at the Second Meeting of …
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14 September 2011
Swaziland accedes to cluster bomb ban at global meeting
Swaziland delegate, Mr. John Mandla Msibi at the Second Meeting of States Parties in Beirut, Lebanon(Beirut, 13 September 2011) Swaziland deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention on Clu…
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13 September 2011
Governments banning cluster bombs meet in heavily-affected Lebanon
Lebanese dancers at the opening ceremony of the Second Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Photo credit: John Rodsted/CMC The Second Meeting of States Parties to the Conv…
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12 September 2011
CMC newsletter August 2011
CMC August newsletterA player from the Lebanese survivors football team prepares for the team's weekly game in Saida, Lebanon. Players on the team are survivors of landmines, cluster munitions and oth…
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10 September 2011
Afghanistan ratifies cluster bomb ban
Afghanistan signs the Convention on Cluster Munitions at the Oslo signing conference, December 2008. Photo credit: Gunnar MjaugedalThe Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ratified the Convention on Cluste…
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05 September 2011
One week until governments banning cluster bombs meet in heavily-affected Lebanon
Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.The final countdown to the Second Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions begins today.In one week’s time this important milestone in the C…
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30 August 2011
A day in the life of a Lebanese female deminer
Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.A typical day at work for Abir Asaad, a 35-year-old Palestinian refugee, begins at around 4.30am. As a member of Norwegian People’s Aid’s (NPA) all-female team of c…
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25 August 2011
Cook Islands ratifies cluster bomb ban
The Cook Islands signs the Convention on Cluster Munitions on 3 December 2008 in Oslo, Norway. Photo credit: Gunnar Mjaugedal The Cook Islands ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions on 23 Augus…
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22 August 2011
Risk Education
Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.For many of the children who go to Bilal Fahes School in Nabatieh, in southern Lebanon, the daily threat from unexploded cluster bombs is very real. Around a third …
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22 August 2011
CCW discussions in Geneva, 22-26 August 2011
The third meeting of the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) to the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) take place in Geneva this week. CMC delivered the following statement on Monday 22 August, …
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15 August 2011
Mohammad's story
Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.This is Mohammad Abd el Aal, a cluster bomb survivor. Now 12, he struggles daily to live a normal life with a prosthetic limb that, as a growing boy, regularly need…
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15 August 2011
CMC newsletter July 2011
CMC July newsletter1. INTERNATIONAL NEWSCampaigners worldwide celebrate first anniversary of entry into forceFootball tournament in Lebanon. Photo credit: Khaled El EzziOn 1 August 2011, Cluster Mu…
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11 August 2011
CMC launches countdown to Beirut
Women deminers carry gear to their work site in South Lebanon. Photo credit: Mariella Furrer One month until Second Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster MunitionsFive years after mil…
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05 August 2011
Senegal ratifies cluster bomb ban
A representative from Senegal signs the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Oslo, December 2008. Photo credit: Gunnar Mjaugedal The Republic of Senegal ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions on 3…
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01 August 2011
CMC Press Release: Treaty banning cluster bombs marks one year anniversary
(London, 1 August 2011): Campaigners are calling on all countries to join the treaty banning cluster bombs, marking one year after it became binding international law.“The best way to stop cluster bom…
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23 July 2011
ICBL-CMC Recruitment: Finance Officer
The ICBL-CMC is currently recruiting for a Finance Officer (part-time 60%)The Organisation:The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) are global campai…
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21 July 2011
CMC newsletter June 2011
CMC June newsletterSetem activits at the Santander General Assembly (more info below in campaign and country updates section). Photo credit: Annie Joh1. INTERNATIONAL NEWSGrenada: first state to ac…
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15 July 2011
Australia: Open letter on proposed legislation
Sydney Morning Herald announces high profile support for the Fix the Bill campaign from former military commanderOn 6 July 2011, an open letter was sent to Australia's Defense Minister, Foriegn Affair…
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01 July 2011
Landmark conference on Convention ends with hope for future progress
Lebanese Ambassador Najla Assaker, UNIDIR's Tim Caughley, Chair of CMC Steve Goose and CMC Director Laura Cheeseman brief assembled journalists on the achievements of the first ever intersessionals on…
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30 June 2011
Grenada: first state to accede to cluster bomb ban
H. E. Ms. Dessima M. Williams Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of Grenada deposits Grenada's instrument of ratification at the United Nations. Photo Credit: UN(Lon…
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29 June 2011
Botswana ratifies cluster bomb ban
Members of the Botswana delegation and CMC campaigners at the Oslo signing conference, December 2008 where Botswana signed the Convention. Photo credit: Jan LillehamrevThe Republic of Botswana ratifie…
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09 June 2011
Landmark meeting on Convention on Cluster Munitions held
Conference delegates play in a wheelchair basketball event hosted by Les Aigles du Meryin. Photo credit: Mary Wareham At least 80 countries met between 27 - 30 June 2011 for the first four-day "inters…
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25 May 2011
Cluster Munition Coalition calls on governments to ban investments in cluster munition producers
Ulrike Lunacek, Member of the European Parliament for Austria (the Greens) accepts the first copy of the IKV Pax Christi/Netwerk Vlaanderen report before a press conference in Brussels, Belgium. Photo…
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16 May 2011
Convention on Cluster Munitions takes effect in Lebanon
Cluster munition survivors and civil society representatives join the Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations Development Programme Resident Representative to mark the Entry into F…
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10 May 2011
Australia: fix the bill
Teenage cluster munition survivor and ban advocate Soraj Ghulam Habib from Afghanistan in front of the Australian parliament building in Canberra campaigning for Australia to fix its proposed legislat…
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05 May 2011
Costa Rica ratifies cluster bomb ban
H. E. Mr. René Castro Salazar Minister for Foreign Affairs and Worship of Costa Rica deposits Costa Rica's instrument of ratification at the United Nations. Photo Credit: UN(London, 4 May 2011) – The …
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27 April 2011
ICBL-CMC LAUNCHES ‘INVESTING IN ACTION’ TO SUPPORT LOCAL CAMPAIGNS IN 2011
Drumming event held by campaigners in El Salvador to celebrate the entry into force of the Convention on Cluster Munitions.(Geneva/London, 27 April 2011) On 20 April the International Campaign to Ban …
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16 April 2011
Cluster Munition Coalition condemns use of cluster munitions by Libyan armed forces
Cluster Munition Coalition member Human Rights Watch has revealed today that Gaddafi's forces have used cluster munitions in Misrata, Libya. Cluster munitions have been outlawed by the majority of the…
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15 April 2011
CMC Newsletter March 2011
CMC Newsletter March 2011 Handicap International give a demonstration of UXO clearance in Würzburg’s main park. Photo credit: Eva Maria Fischer(Read story in campaign and country updates section below…
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11 April 2011
Norway condemns use of cluster munitions
Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre and Soraj Ghulam Habib from Afghanistan at the Oslo signing conference in December 2008. Photo Credit: Federico VisiThe Norwegian Ministry of For…
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08 April 2011
President of Convention condemns use of cluster bombs
H.E Dr. Thongloun Sisoulith speaks at an event to mark the entry into force of the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Vientiane, Lao PDR on 1 August 2010H.E Dr. Thongloun Sisoulith, President of the F…
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07 April 2011
Bulgaria ratifies cluster bomb treaty
H. E. Mr. Rayko S. Raytchev Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of Bulgaria, deposits Bulgaria’s instrument of ratification at the United Nations. Photo credit: UN Ph…
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05 April 2011
CMC condemns Thai use of cluster munitions in Cambodia
Unexploded cluster bomblet identified in an open field, Cambodia April 2011. (c) Stéphane De Greef, Landmine and Cluster Munition MonitorCMC condemns Thai use of cluster munitions in CambodiaThailand …
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29 March 2011
A CCW Protocol on Cluster Munitions: Weaker Protection for Civilians
A draft protocol on cluster munitions (CCW/GGE/2011-II/2), perhaps in reorganised form, is being considered for submission to CCW Parties for possible adoption as a legal instrument “to address urgent…
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28 March 2011
Lithuania ratifies treaty banning cluster bombs
H. E. Mr. Dalius ?ekuolis Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Lithuania, deposits Lithuania's instrument of ratification at the United Nations. Ph…
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21 March 2011
Mozambique ratifies treaty banning cluster munitions
Mozambique signs the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Oslo in December 2008. Photo credit: Gunnar Mjaugedal/catchlight.no(London, 21 March 2011) – The Republic of Mozambique ratified the Convention …
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18 March 2011
States Parties should warn against use of cluster munitions in Libya
(London, 18 March 2011) - The Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) urges all countries that have joined the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) to help ensure that cluster munitions are not used by stat…
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16 March 2011
Portugal ratifies treaty banning cluster bombs
Portugal signs the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Oslo in December 2008. Photo credit: Gunnar Mjaugedal/catchlight.no(London, 16 March 2011) – Portugal ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions…
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16 March 2011
CMC member Handicap International receives 2011 Hilton Humanitarian Prize
A Handicap International 'shoe pyramid' raises awareness about victims of landmines and cluster munitions. Photo credit: P. Grappin / Handicap International (Geneva, 16 March 2011) – The Conrad N. Hil…
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16 March 2011
Video on Deadly Cluster Bomb Legacy in Laos Wins CNN Award
An original video news report on the devastating impact of cluster bombs in Lao PDR won the first-ever CNN iReport Community Choice Award, CNN announced on 15 March 2011. The Cluster Munition Coali…
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08 March 2011
CMC Newsletter February 2011
CMC February 2011 newsletterPSALM members in the West Virginia House of Delegates Photo credit: Nora Sheets (see story in campaign and country updates section below)1. INTERNATIONAL NEWSNetherlands…
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04 March 2011
CNN iReport: 'Clearing cluster bombs on the Ho Chi Minh trail'
Screenshot from the CNN iReport of cluster bombs being dropped from a plane. (London, 4 March 2011) - An original video news report on the devastating impact of cluster bombs in Laos is among the nom…
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02 March 2011
Netherlands ratifies cluster bomb ban treaty
The Netherlands signs the Convention on Cluster Munitions at the Oslo Signing Ceremony in December 2008. Photo credit: CMCFormer cluster bomb user and producer shuns the weapon(London, 2 March 2011) -…
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21 February 2011
CMC opening statement to CCW Group of Governmental Experts
The CCW Group of Governmental Experts meets at the UN in Geneva. Photo credit: UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferre(Geneva, 21 February 2011) - The Cluster Munition Coalition today called on the Convention on Con…
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10 February 2011
CMC concerned about reports of cluster munition use on Cambodia-Thailand border
(London, 10 February 2011) – The Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) is concerned by allegations of recent use of cluster munitions in a border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand. According to media …
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09 February 2011
CMC Newsletter January 2011
CMC January newsletter1. INTERNATIONAL NEWSCampaigners grateful to outgoing CMC coordinatorThomas Nash stepped down as coordinator of the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) on 31 January 2011 after s…
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07 February 2011
Ghana ratifies global treaty banning cluster bombs
Ghanaian CMC member FOSDA holds an event celebrating the entry into force of the Convention on Cluster Munitions in August 2010. Photo credit: FOSDA(London, 7 February 2011) – The Republic of Ghana ra…
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07 February 2011
Campaigners grateful to outgoing CMC coordinator
CMC Coordinator Thomas Nash at the Oslo signing ceremony of the Convention on Cluster Munitions in December 2008. Photo credit: Federico Visi.Led successful push for international treaty banning clust…
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19 January 2011
El Salvador ratifies cluster bomb ban treaty
Campaigners in El Salvador mark the entry into force of the Convention on Cluster Munitions in August 2010. (London, 19 January 2011) – The Republic of El Salvador will be the 50th state party to the …
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13 January 2011
CMC Newsletter December 2010
CMC December Newsletter1. INTERNATIONAL NEWSChile becomes 49th country to ratify the Convention on Cluster MunitionsChile ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions on 16 December 2010, becoming …
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11 January 2011
Remembering our Algerian campaigner Rachid Dahmani
(10 January 2011) – The International Campaign to Ban Landmines and the Cluster Munition Coalition are devastated by the loss of our dear colleague and friend Rachid Dahmani from Handicap Internationa…