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Worldwide Events for Entry into Force:Convention on Cluster Munitions
Submitted by gugudube on Mon, 26/07/2010 - 2:03pm
ICRC FILM: Cluster Munitions Convention: Time to Act
Submitted by gugudube on Fri, 23/07/2010 - 11:43am
The Convention on Cluster Munitions: Time to Act (ICRC FILM)
This film provides an overview of the cluster munitions problem, the main provisions of the Convention and the steps required to meet its commitments.
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NEWS: 37 countries have now ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions
Submitted by gugudube on Wed, 07/07/2010 - 1:36pm

Photo credit: Gunnar Mjaugedal/catchlight.no
Mali ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) on 30 June 2010. The CCM enters into force and becomes binding international law on 1 August 2010
Follow the link in order to view the related document: http://bit.ly/95ym4O
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Arms Control:Africa Vol.2 Issue 4 June 2010
Submitted by gugudube on Thu, 24/06/2010 - 9:58am
Table of Contents:
* Malawi: making progress in tightening controls over firearms
* Mozambique strives to be mine-free by 2014
* Fifa 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa: to shoot or to score?
* Armed violence reduction, Africa's golden chance
* Armed violence continues to plague DRC amidst government call for a MONUC pull-out
* Africa takes the lead on the Convention on Cluster Munitions
* Progress on firearms and ammunition control in Southern Africa
* So far, so good
* Central Africa ushers in a convention on SALW
Global Conference on the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) 7-9 June 2010
Submitted by gugudube on Tue, 08/06/2010 - 4:17pm

The governments of Chile and Norway and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are hosting the conference, which is the biggest international gathering on the Convention since it opened for signature in Oslo in December 2008. The conference will lay the groundwork for the First Meeting of States Parties to the Convention, which Lao PDR, the most-affected country, will host from 8-12 November 2010
Lesotho ratifies the Convention on Cluster Munitions:28 May 2010
Submitted by gugudube on Fri, 04/06/2010 - 10:28am

PHOTO: Gunnar Mjaugedal/catchlight.no
(Depositary Notification) http://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/CN/2010/CN.317.2010-Eng.pdf
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Seychelles ratifies international treaty banning cluster bombs
Submitted by gugudube on Wed, 26/05/2010 - 12:34pm
The Seychelles ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions on 20 May 2010 at the United Nations, becoming the 34th country fully on board the treaty, which takes effect and becomes binding international law on 1 August.

The Seychelles, which has not used, produced or stockpiled cluster munitions, swiftly signed and ratified the Convention after announcing its intention to do so at an African regional conference on the Convention in Pretoria in March.
“Through its rapid action, the government of the Seychelles has echoed the urgency of joining the Convention before it enters into force,” said Thomas Nash, Coordinator of the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC). “Other African states should take note – particularly those who signed the treaty but have not yet ratified.”
The Convention on Cluster Munitions comprehensively bans the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of cluster munitions, sets strict deadlines for clearance of contaminated land and destruction of stockpiles of the weapon, and includes groundbreaking provisions for victim assistance. Forty African states are among the 106 countries that have signed the Convention, and the Seychelles is the seventh African country to ratify.
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Mauritania Becomes the 106th state to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions
Submitted by gugudube on Thu, 29/04/2010 - 2:33pm
19 April 2010: H. E. Mr. Abderrahim Ould Hadrami Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Mauritania, signs the Convention on Cluster Munitions in New York.

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Seychelles Signs the Convention on Cluster Munitions
Submitted by gugudube on Thu, 29/04/2010 - 1:53pm
13 April 2010: H. E. Mr. Ronald Jean Jumeau
Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary
Permanent Representative of the Seychelles, signs the
Convention on Cluster Munitions in New York.

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