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President Obama signed a law on 11 March 2009 that permanently bans nearly all cluster bomb exports from the United States. This moves the United States one step closer to the position of the 95 states that have already signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions, renouncing the use, production and trade of this weapon forever.
Panel of speakers at the Briefing. Copyright ICBL.
In the lead up to the African Conference on Cluster Munitions, which will be held in Kampala, Uganda on 29-30 September 2008, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, member of the Cluster Munitions Coalition (CMC), held a 16 September lunchtime briefing for African Missions in Geneva on the historic new Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). The CCM was negotiated in May and adopted in Dublin by 107 countries on 30 May 2008 and will be signed in Oslo, Norway on 3 December 2008 in the successful culmination of the “Oslo Process on Cluster Munitions”.
After admitting use, Georgia must sign global treaty banning weapon
(Geneva, September 2, 2008) – A network of 250 non-governmental organisations across 70 countries has condemned Georgia’s use of cluster munitions, just three months after 107 nations agreed to ban the weapon. In a letter to Human Rights Watch, the Georgian Defense Ministry stated that cluster bombs were “used against Russian military equipment and armament marching from Roki tunnel to Dzara road [sic],” but that they “were never used against civilians, civilian targets and civilian populated or nearby areas.” The majority of the world's nations that have banned the weapon have declared any use of any cluster munition in any location unacceptable, because of the harm they cause to civilians during and after conflict.
On 25-27 August, Prince Mired Raad Al-Hussein of Jordan, President of the 8th Meeting of the States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty, visited Poland to urge Polish authorities to ratify the treaty without further delay.
The reports of antipersonnel mine use by the Taliban received over the past 18 months are very worrying as – if confirmed – they would signal a shift from the Taliban’s publicly declared policy of endorsing the mine ban.
1 March 2008 marked the 9th Anniversary of Entry into Force of the "Mine Ban Treaty" which prohibits the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of antipersonnel landmines and has been joined up to now by 156 countries. India is not a State Party to the treaty but has recently shown growing interest in the issue of landmines. Unfortunately, India remains one of the largest producers of mines along with countries like Russia, China and Pakistan – and it stockpiles about 40 thousands tons of these weapons.
In the week of 10 March, the ICBL and Polish Red Cross organised an intense programme of advocacy and awareness raising events in Warsaw, Poland, with a view to expediting Poland's ratification of the Mine Ban Treaty. Activities included the opening of a photo exhibitions, meetings with government representatives and members of parliament, and media work.
Members of the Nepalese parliament participating in a seminar organized by the Nepal Campaign to Ban Landmines (NCBL) on 27 January 2008 vowed to actively promote Nepal’s accession to the Mine Ban Treaty.
The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) has declared that it will not use antipersonnel landmines, Swiss-based NGO Geneva Call announced in a press release on 5 December 2007.
Palau's accession to the Mine Ban Treaty on 18 November 2007 brought the number of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty to 156. The announcement of the accession was made today, during the first day of the 8th Meeting of States Parties to the Mine Ban Convention in Jordan.
Members of the Bahraini House of Representatives attending an ICBL workshop in Manama encouraged the government to submit draft legislation to accede to the Mine Ban Treaty and assured that this will encounter no opposition in Parliament.
A delegation from the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) visited the Sultanate of Oman on 28 October as part of the organization’s efforts to promote adherence to the Mine Ban Treaty and received positive indications that the country could accede to the treaty in the near future.
Geneva, 23 October 2007 – The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) today refuted a recent statement by Libyan leader Muhammar Gaddafi attacking the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty and defending the use of landmines as a legitimate means of protection for “weak” countries.
Kathmandu, Nepal, 3 October 2007 - “The commitment of Nepal to address the problem of antipersonnel landmines and other victim activated weapons in the country is encouraging” says Sylvie Brigot, Executive Director of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), at the end of a 3 day mission in Kathmandu.“ After a decade of civil strife which has destroyed the life of so many civilians, the representatives of the Government of Nepal and the Maoists have assured the delegation they were willing to ban antipersonnel landmines...
On September 27th the Indian Campaign to Ban Landmines commemorated the 10th Anniversary of the Mine Ban Treaty. The event was marked by a conference with the participation of the ICRC, the UN, the Diplomatic Community as well as the Indian Government.
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