{"id":1412,"date":"2017-07-19T09:20:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T13:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/?p=1412"},"modified":"2017-07-19T09:20:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T13:20:29","slug":"benin-ratifies-global-cluster-bomb-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/?p=1412","title":{"rendered":"Benin Ratifies Global Cluster Bomb Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/em>Benin becomes 102nd<\/sup>\u00a0State Party. F\u00e9licitations!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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H.E. Mr. Jean-Claude do Rego, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Benin depositing the instrument of ratification at United Nations Office of Legal Affairs. 10 July 2017 \u00a9UN Treaty Collection<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Republic of Benin has become the 102nd<\/sup>\u00a0State Party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, having deposited its instrument of ratification at the United Nations\u2019 headquarters on 10 July 2017. The Convention will enter into force for Benin on 1 January 2018.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Benin has stated that it has never used, produced, transferred, or stockpiled cluster munitions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a serious step towards the universalization of the Convention within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),\u201d said F\u00e9lix Kokou Aklavon of the West Africa Action Network on Small Arms in Togo. \u201cTherefore, in the name of sub-regional solidarity we call on the three ECOWAS countries that have not completed their ratification process \u2013 Nigeria, Liberia, and Gambia \u2013 to do so at the earliest opportunity, in the interest of the population in the region who aspires to peace and sustainable development.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Benin participated in the Oslo Process that created the Convention on Cluster Munitions, and was a strong advocate for a comprehensive ban. In 2013, Benin\u00a0expressed its strong commitment<\/a>\u00a0to the convention, noting that it had not waited to implement its provisions until it became a State Party.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2016, Benin was among 141 states that voted in favor of the United Nations General Assembly\u00a0resolution<\/a>\u00a0(71\/45) in support of the total ban on cluster munitions. Benin has also voted in favor of recent UNGA resolutions condemning the use of cluster munitions in Syria.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0vast majority<\/a>\u00a0of sub-Saharan African states have joined the Convention, but 12 still need to ratify to become full States Parties. Seven countries remain outside the convention: Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, South Sudan, Sudan and Zimbabwe. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic cannot accede to the convention due to its political status, but has expressed its support for the ban on cluster munitions.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Benin becomes 102nd\u00a0State Party. F\u00e9licitations! H.E. Mr. Jean-Claude do Rego, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Benin depositing the instrument of ratification at United Nations Office of Legal Affairs. 10 July 2017 \u00a9UN Treaty Collection The Republic of Benin has become the 102nd\u00a0State Party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, having deposited its instrument of ratification at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1413,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412\/revisions\/1413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}