Wednesday, October 18, 2023 The U.S. Cluster Munition Coalition (USCMC) is deeply dismayed by the Biden administration’s decision to transfer a third round of cluster munitions to Ukraine. Cluster munitions have a widespread indiscriminate effect and devastating humanitarian consequences. These weapons have been banned under the Convention on Cluster Munitions by 124 countries, including most NATO member […]
ICBL-CMC Press Release Cluster Munition Convention welcomes new states and reiterates condemnation of recent use and transfer of the weapon The Eleventh Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions welcomed two new States this week and celebrated stockpile destruction and clearance milestones by States Parties while reiterating its condemnation of any use […]
9 Civilians Died in Lyman HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH (Kyiv, August 4, 2023) – Nine civilians were killed and more than a dozen injured in an apparent Russian cluster munition attack on July 8, 2023, in a residential district of the Ukrainian town of Lyman, Human Rights Watch said today. Russia’s repeated use of cluster munitions […]
YET CHILDREN IN CONTAMINATED AREAS ARE AT RISK Every World Cup tournament inspires young people worldwide to be the soccer players/ footballers of tomorrow. Yet for those living in cluster munition, landmine and UXO contaminated countries, this dream remains a difficult reality. A cluster munition, also known as a cluster bomb, is a weapon containing […]
U.S. Cluster Munition Transfer to Ukraine Ignores History of Civilian Harm By: Bonnie Docherty Originally Published in: Just Security President Joe Biden’s recent decision to transfer U.S. cluster munitions to Ukraine will exacerbate a humanitarian crisis and break with a widely followed international norm. The move encourages the proliferation of weapons that have been banned by over 120 […]
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WVCBL Calls on the US
To Reconsider Decision… This past week, President Biden administration’s announced the decision to transfer cluster munitions to Ukraine. Members of the West Virginia Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Bombs and PSALM- Students Against Landmines and Cluster Bombs are saddened by this announcement. We join the U.S. Cluster Munition Coalition (USCMC) in urging the President […]
PRIORITIZE A JUST AND PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF THE WAR: Statement from Philippine Campaign to Ban Landmines The Philippine Campaign to Ban Landmines (PhilCBL) joins the U.S. Cluster Munition Coalition (USCMC) in strongly condemning the decision to transfer U.S. cluster munitions to Ukraine. This action not only exacerbates the armed conflict and humanitarian crisis but also […]
July, 2023 – The Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) is appalled by the United States’ plans to transfer banned cluster munitions to Ukraine, as reported today in the New York Times. The transfer of the weapon, prohibited under the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions, follows repeated requests by Ukrainian officials for cluster munitions to counter the […]
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ICBL CMC Annual Report 2022
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The 2023 Intersessional Meetings took place from 19 to 21 June 2023 at the headquarters of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Geneva with participation of hundreds of delegates representing States and international and non-governmental organisations which work towards a world free of anti-personnel mines. Below you can find ICBL-CMC contributions from the 2023 Mine Ban […]