Successful Ban Bus Tour in Tajikistan

I organized a Ban Bus tour around affected regions of Tajikistan. I informed the communities about the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), and explained to them that implementing this Convention will stop harming civilians, and will provide more assistance for survivors and affected communities.

The key objective of this action was to raise awareness of people in remote affected regions and locations and to help them raise their voices, in order to urge the Government of Tajikistan to join the Oslo Treaty.

During the Ban bus tour I met with a lot of people and I distributed brochures, flyers and booklets about the CCM. I also met with the representatives of Hukumats (local district government) in the affected regions of Tajikistan, briefed them on the situation of cluster munitions in the country, and asked them about their expectations of this Convention.

This action was also covered by the media and was broadcast by the government TV channels “Tajikistan” and “Safina”.

Umarbek Pulodov