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 "intersessional" meeting on the Convention on Cluster Munitions to advance their commitments to a world free of cluster bombs.It was deemed an intersessional meeting because it took place in between the required annual meetings of States Parties.Government officials from States Parties, signatory states and non-signatories participated in discussions to take stock of the progress made so far in implementing the Convention on Cluster Munitions. 100 CMC campaigners from 40 countries participated in the meeting alongside international organisations including the UN and the ICRC.This meeting took place almost one year since the Convention on Cluster Munitions entered into force and following the adoption of the Vientiane Action Plan at the First Meeting of States Parties in Lao PDR in November last year. States engaged in discussions on the progress that has been made to implement the Convention, and the challenges that remain. States shared news on progress to ratify or accede to the Convention, and efforts being undertaken to promote it to countries that have not yet joined. There was also an update on the preparations for the Second Meeting of States Parties (2MSP) that will take place in Beirut, Lebanon from 12-16 September 2011.The CMC was actively involved in the meetings, delivering statements and calling on governments to report on concrete steps they have taken under the Vientiane Action Plan. You can read the CMC's statements and find out more information by clicking on the links below.Daily summary of eventsSummary: Monday 27 June 2011Summary: Tuesday 28 June 2011Summary: Wednesday 29 June 2011Summary: Thursday 30 June 2011StatementsCMC opening remarks at the first ever intersessional meeting 27.06.11CMC statement on expected outcomes of the first intersessional meetings 27.06.11CMC statement on retention of cluster munitions 27.06.2011CMC statement on progress made in destruction of cluster munition stockpiles 27.06.11CMC statement on universalization - in French 27.06.2011CMC statement on universalization - in English 27.06.2011CMC statement on victim assistance 28.06.11CMC’s statement on land release 28.06.2011CMC statement on transparency 28.06.2011CMC statement on national legislation 29.06.2011CMC statement on compliance 29.06.2011CMC statement on interpretive issues 30.06.2011CMC comments on the creation of a new support unit for global conferences on the Convention 29.06.2011CMC statement outlining plans and hopes for the Second Meeting of States Parties in Beirut, Lebanon 30.06.2011Further information CMC opening press release 27.06.11Official website and programmeOfficial registration websiteICBL-CMC logistical memo for June 2011 intersessionalsMémo logistique de la ICBL-CMC pour les réunions intersessions en juin 2011Memorándum logístico de la ICBL-CMC para las reuniones entre sesiones en junio de 2011
