What is the problem?
A cluster bomb is a weapon that can contain up to several hundred small explosive bomblets. Dropped from the air or fired from the ground, cluster bombs break open in mid-air and scatter these bomblets randomly over a wide area. Anyone within the strike zone is likely to be torn apart, no matter if they are military or civilian. Many bomblets fail to explode as intended, leaving behind huge quantities of de facto landmines which continue to kill and injure for years, even decades after their use. Used in more than 30 countries, cluster bombs have killed and injured tens of thousands of civilians and devastated the livelihoods of countless more.
About the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC)
The Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) is an international non-governmental coalition working to protect civilians from the effects of cluster munitions. The CMC has a membership of around 350 civil society organisations from more than 85 countries, and includes organisations working on disarmament, peace and security, human rights, victim/survivor assistance, clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnance, women’s rights, faith issues and other areas of work. The CMC facilitates the efforts of NGOs worldwide to educate governments, the public and the media about the problems of cluster munitions and the solution.
CMC vision:
An end for all time to the suffering and casualties caused by cluster munitions
CMC mission
The Cluster Munition Coalition is an international civil society campaign working to eradicate cluster munitions, prevent further casualties from these weapons and put an end for all time to the suffering they cause. The Coalition works through its members to change the policy and practice of governments and organisations towards these aims and raise awareness of the problem amongst the public.
CMC objectives
1. Universal adherence to the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions and the emerging global norm rejecting the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of cluster munitions and obligating land clearance, victim assistance, stockpile destruction and international cooperation and assistance is reached
2. Effective implementation of and full compliance with the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions by all States Parties, with compatible steps taken by States not Party; and effective monitoring, including by civil society, of all such efforts is ensured.
3. The CMC is an active, diverse, well-governed and developing international campaign that works in partnership with governments, international organisations, survivors, their families and communities and other actors to communicate the suffering from cluster munitions and advocate for an end to this suffering through changes to policy and practice around the world.
Join the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC)
The CMC is an inclusive coalition open to non-partisan, non-governmental humanitarian organizations concerned with the humanitarian impact of cluster munitions. The CMC membership entails no fees but CMC members are requested to demonstrate in their registration how they intend to support and work towards the CMC objectives.
To endorse the objectives and apply for membership to the CMC, please either complete the online form or download complete and return the form to Laura Cheeseman laura@stopclustermunitions.org.
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