{"id":1869,"date":"2023-12-05T13:18:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T17:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/?p=1869"},"modified":"2023-12-05T13:18:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T17:18:27","slug":"cluster-munition-coalition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/?p=1869","title":{"rendered":"Cluster Munition Coalition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ban-the-bomb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ban-the-bomb-1024x689.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ban-the-bomb-1024x689.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ban-the-bomb-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ban-the-bomb-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ban-the-bomb-1536x1033.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ban-the-bomb-1200x807.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ban-the-bomb.jpg 1812w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>20 years ago on November 13, 2003 campaigners from around the world met in The Hague to launch a coordinated, global civil society response to the growing problems created by cluster munitions: the Cluster Munition Coalition!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, we have come a very long way since 2003. The CMC has grown to hundreds of members around the world, and was instrumental in launching the Oslo Process in 2007 that led to adoption and signing of the Convention on Cluster Munitions in 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/proclamation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" data-id=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/proclamation-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/proclamation-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/proclamation-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/proclamation.jpg 1075w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/cmc-awareness-day-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/cmc-awareness-day-photo-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/cmc-awareness-day-photo-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/cmc-awareness-day-photo-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Students organize Awareness Day at school<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>WVCBL\/PSALM joined the efforts to ban cluster munitions. PSALM students saw the same issues with cluster bombs as they did with landmines&#8230;the loss of life and limbs to indiscriminate weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/join-the-team..ban-cluster-bombs-now31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/join-the-team..ban-cluster-bombs-now31-1024x514.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/join-the-team..ban-cluster-bombs-now31-1024x514.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/join-the-team..ban-cluster-bombs-now31-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/join-the-team..ban-cluster-bombs-now31.jpg 1061w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">USA&#8230;Join the Team to ban landmines and Cluster Bombs!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then, the CMC and its members worldwide have continued playing a pivotal role in getting countries on board the Convention and ensuring governments take action on their obligations to deliver on the promise of a world free of cluster munitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9 20 years ago on November 13, 2003 campaigners from around the world met in The Hague to launch a coordinated, global civil society response to the growing problems created by cluster munitions: the Cluster Munition Coalition! Together, we have come a very long way since 2003. The CMC has grown to hundreds of members [&hellip;]<\/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-1869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869","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=1869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1871,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869\/revisions\/1871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}