To ensure the implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) in Laos, the Lao Ban Advocates (BA) supported by Handicap International, organized in January 2012 provincial meetings for raising awareness of the provincial authorities on the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
Such meetings were held in Savannakhet Province on the 18th and...
A group of 13 Ban Advocates and support staff from Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam were involved in the 11th meeting of State Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty, organized in Phnom Penh from 28th November till 2d December 2011. Moreover, Umarbek Pulodov, a Ban Advocate from Tajikistan had a chance in the same week in Phnom Penh to follow the Mine Action...
On the 2nd and 3rd of December 2011, two days of training on capacity building were organized by Ardjana Mani, an Albanian Ban Advocate and Ilir Shkalla from ALB-AID (Albanian Association for Integration and Development) in Tirana for a group of eight persons who are landmine and cluster munition survivors as well as persons with disabilities, all...
“I'm Mina Zunac from Croatia, as a cluster munition survivor and Ban Advocate; I just want to add that article 11 of this draft protocol does not give the guarantee to victims, their families and affected communities that it will improve their daily life. Only the CCM clearly obliges to give victims the support they need....
“My name is Branislav Kapetanovic. I worked as a deminer for the army, until I was injured by the BLU-97. We call them “Zute –ubice” – Yellow killers. If you look at the consequences these cluster munitions have on deminers, you can only imagine the devastating effects they have on the civilians.
I feel that too much...
States are currently involved in negotiations which may lead to dangerous developments in the global fight against use of cluster munitions.
I think the presence of victims here at the CCW meetings has definitely had an impact on the delegates and diplomates attending. We received comments of encouragement and thanks after having made our...
In Paris, on 24th September 2011, at the occasion of the 17th Pyramids of Shoes, Lynn met with another strong advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities, Philippe Croizon.
Even though Philippe lost his two arms and two legs in an accident many years ago, he is able to show the world how people with disabilities can go...
After being involved in the Second Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, in Lebanon from the 12th till 16th September, Lynn Bradach, a Ban Advocate from the United States of America, was actively involved in an advocacy tour in European cities of Luxembourg, Brussels and Paris, from the 19th till 24th of September...
This mission, divided in two parts, is the result of the collaboration between Umarbek Pulodov, a Tajik Ban Advocate and Sulaiman Safdar, Ban Advocate support staff and executive director of ALSO (Afghan Landmine Survivor Organization) in Afghanistan. The first part of the mission consisted in Sulaiman’s involvement in a Regional Conference...
A group of 10 Ban Advocates and 3 support staff came from several affected countries such as, Ethiopia, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Serbia, Tajikistan, and Vietnam, as well as an advocate from the United States of America to attend the Second Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which took place in Beirut, Lebanon, from the 12th...
Raed Mokaled, a Lebanese Ban Advocate, reminded the audience of the tragedy that happened to his family: the loss of his son Ahmad, 5 years old, in 1999, in a public park near Nabathieh in the South of Lebanon, contaminated with cluster munitions:
"Ladies and gentlemen, government representatives, those from whom we await strong support in...
Victim’s Declaration, Second Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions,Beirut, Lebanon
Before delivering this Declaration, Raed Mokaled, a Lebanese Ban Advocate, reminded the audience of the tragedy that happened to his family: the loss of his son Ahmad, 5 years old, in 1999, in a public park near Nabathieh in the...
Lynn Bradach, a Ban advocate from the United States of America, delivered a strong statement at the universalization session during the plenary, to appeal to more states to join the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
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A first time for her, Aynalem Zenebe, a young Ethiopian Ban Advocate, delivered a strong statement at the victim assistance session during the plenary, to appeal to affected states to take immediate action for assisting the victims, with the support of both the international community and the victims themselves.
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Handicap International werkt in verschillende landen in het Zuiden met mensen die na een ongeval een handicap hebben opgelopen. Zo’n ongeval - bijvoorbeeld met landmijnen of clustermunitie - is voor heel wat slachtoffers een traumatische ervaring. “Mensen met een trauma zitten in een emotionele gevangenis”, zegt psychotherapeut...
More than 400 diplomatic representatives from 81 countries attended the first intersessional meetings of the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions from 27-30 June 2011. They joined representatives from UN agencies, the ICRC, and a CMC delegation of 100 campaigners from 40 countries to discuss progress against the ban.
The purpose of the meeting was...
Thank you chair/cochair.My name is Thoummy Silamphan. I am a CMC campaigner from the Lao PDR and a cluster munition survivor. On behalf of the CMC, I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on the issue of Victim Assistance today, together with my colleague from Lebanon.CMC campaigners from affected countries know that cluster munitions...
My name is Raed Mokaled, I am a CMC campaigner from Lebanon and a cluster munition victim, because I am the father of a 5-year-old boy who was killed by a cluster bomb. As my colleague from Laos has mentioned, improving the accessibility and quality of services is a key commitment of the Vientiane Action Plan. In so many affected countries,...
Experiences drawn from working with the Ban Advocates” 28th June 2011, Geneva
On 28th June, Handicap International (HI) organized a side event on “Psycho-social support: experiences drawn from working with the Ban Advocates”. The side event was a success. It was attended by around 50 participants from both civil society...
24th to 26th May 2011, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Central Asia is a region that is heavily affected by mines/explosive remnants of war (ERW), and as such counts many related casualties. Given the call to develop national disability action plans that are inclusive of the needs of mines/ERW victims as per the Cartagena and the Vientiane Action Plans,...
Soraj together with his Interpreter Mohammad Safdar, attended a 14 day advocacy tour, which was organized for the first two weeks of May 2011 in Australia. The training was aimed to support a strong Australian legislation with no loopholes and push the Australian senate to fix the bill on cluster bombs.
The tour was a big success for the campaign...
Sladjan is organizing a regional meeting that will take pace in Nis in May 2011 to commemorate 12 years since the bombing of civilians in Nis by cluster munitions. Participants from several neighboring countries, Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia and Macedonia are expected to attend this meeting, which will be held on 11th May. The...
Sladjan as a Ban Advocate, and his support team, organized a regional meeting to promote the Convention on Cluster Munitions, in Nis, on 11th May 2011 for the first time.
Other Ban Advocates from Serbia, Dejan and Branislav, as well as from Albania, Ardiana, joined the meeting. Four campaigners from Bosnia Herzegovina, another campaigner from...
Strong quote from Lynn Bradach, Ban Advocate, the United States of America
Reacting to reports this week that the Libyan military has used cluster munitions against rebels and civilians, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she wasn't "surprised by anything that Colonel Gaddafi and his forces do" but described the news as "...
The BA seminar and training on Psycho Trauma is part of follow up intervention after the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) conference conducted in Vientiane in November 2010 and provided a great opportunity to increase the skills of the Ban Advocates in the psycho trauma thematic. The workshop was conducted by Mr. Norbert Haberlin, specialist...
Strong quote from Lynn Bradach, Ban Advocate, the United States of America
It is now 2011, the Landmine Treaty of 1997 went into force on March 1, 1999 and the US is now in the process of reviewing its policy. I ask with all that has happened in the last 12 years how can we be so far behind in joining a treaty that bans the use of a weapon that...
The group of Lao Ban Advocates continues to advocate for the implementation of the CCM in Laos and has attended a training workshop from 22-24 Feb 2011. The topic was BA Advocacy - Raising Awareness. The objective of this training was to develop the relevant advocacy skills of the Lao Ban Advocates, and provide them with an opportunity to learn...
In 2007 lanceerde Handicap International het project ‘Ban Advocates’. Mensen die direct of indirect het slachtoffer werden van clustermunitie, verenigden zich en ijveren voor de ratificatie van de Conventie inzake Clustermunitie. Vorige maand leidden we slachtoffers uit Laos op tot nieuwe Ban Advocates. Laos is het land dat het hardst...
Phongsavath is a young Lao Ban Advocate of 19 years old. After a cluster munition accident in 2008, he lost his both hands and he became blind.
Phongsavath attended the First Meeting of States Parties to the CCM in Vientiane with the group of Ban Advocates .
As part of the events that were held to celebrate the meeting, Phongsavath performed with...
Latsamy, Ta, Thoummy and Phet were honored to raise their voices and speak on behalf of all cluster munition victims, directly to H.R.H Princess Astrid of Belgium.
It has been a convivial time to discuss what are the challenges that the cluster munition victims face in Lao PDR, and how to address those challenges.
The group really enjoyed the...
Central and East Africa are regions heavily affected by mines, cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war (ERW), and as such count many related casualties. Given the call to develop national action plans on victim assistance as per the recently adopted Cartagena Action Plan, and the strong VA obligations laid out in the CCM, Handicap...
We, the Tajik Campaign to Ban Landmines, with the support of Umarbek Pulodov as Ban Advocate, organized an “Advocacy & Awareness Raising Training for the Cluster Munition and Landmine Survivors”.
The main objective of this training was to have new Tajik Ban Advocates here in Tajikistan to urge our government to sign and ratify the...
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...
Al Jazeera Stephanie Scawen reports from the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, on why the government has not signed the treaty to free their land of the mines.
On 1st August 2010, the organization ALB-AID started a series of events to celebrate the entry into force of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM).
A group of cluster munition survivors from northeast Albania, survivors from the Gerdec explosion and representatives from Albanian civil society were involved in the activities. A popular drum...
De Ban Advocates, overlevenden van clustermunitie, en Handicap International roepen alle regeringen op om het Verdrag over Clustermunitie te ondertekenen. De conferentie in Santiago was de laatste internationale ontmoeting voor ondertekenaars en niet-ondertekenaars voordat het verdrag op 1 augustus 2010 van kracht wordt.
Overlevenden moeten zelf...
Ban Advocates and Handicap International call on all countries to sign the Convention on Cluster MunitionsThe Ban Advocates, survivors of cluster munitions, and Handicap International Belgium call on all governments to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions on the eve of the Santiago Conference on Cluster Munitions. It is the last international...
Today was the last day of this week spent together in Chile. After the conference, each Ban Advocate has followed the CMC and ICBL workshop sessions, following each one needs and interest, choosing between different topics for improving the campaigning work at home.
During four days, the Ban Advocates have been trained along with other campaigners...
From January 2010 to March 2011, a total of 13 small BA grants have been awarded to Ban Advocates in 8 different countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Lao PDR, Serbia, Tajikistan and the United States.
Please find in the report more information on each grant awarded for national activities either on capacity building or advocacy,...
As the Middle East is a region that is heavily affected by mines, cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war and counts many related casualties, Handicap International thought it timely to organize a workshop on victim assistance in Amman, where several members from the civil society as well as governments attended.
Raed, together with...
Phongsavath presented in a Q & A session at the COPE visitor’s centre this morning - to two consecutive groups of 25-30 Australian Development Scholarship winners (being organized by Vientiane College).
Phongsavath spoke about the Ban Advocates, told the story of his accident and his life since, and spoke about how cluster bombs are...
Each year the 4th of April belongs to the UN International Day for UXO/Mine Awareness and Assistance in UXO/Mine Action. To mark the day, the National Regulatory Authority for the UXO/Mine Action Sector (NRA) in Laos invited all operators to participate in a public event under the slogan ‘No more cluster munitions’, which was held at...
The Round Table session on “The Progress of Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of Antipersonnel Mines in Tajikistan” was held in Dushanbe Somoni Palace on April 5, 2010 to commemorate the International Mine Action Day, under the leadership of the government of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Representatives of ministries...
Berihu had the opportunity both to deliver a speech at the opening ceremony, and to present the situation of Survivor Assistance in Africa during the session 4 of the conference on National implementation, Cooperation and Assistance.
Berihu's opening speech
Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen,As a cluster munition survivor and Ban Advocate, I...
On 12 March 2010 we, TCBL (Tajikistan Campaign to Ban Landmines) representatives (Bakhtiyor Begmuradov, Aziza Hakimova) and myself as a Ban Advocate, had a meeting (business lunch) with the US embassy representative, Mr. William von Zagorski, Political Officer.
Our meeting was held in a very friendly environment. We introduced ourselves first, we...
“I get angry, furious when I hear military experts arguing that they will improve this weapon and make it humane and safe. To drop a high number of bombs close to civilians is a criminal act. If there is anyone at this conference who cannot understand why we need to ban a certain type of cluster munitions, I tell him: ask us, the victims of...
I am a Ban Advocate, and I have been volunteering with the USCBL and the CMC for several years now, communicating my message as the mother of a U.S. marine who was killed while clearing cluster munitions. Starting in September 2009, I began working as a part-time staff member with the USCBL, a coalition of U.S. NGOs engaged in pushing the U.S....
This is A m A z I n G news! Congratulations to all! I spoke with Ayat’s father earlier today and he is happy to hear the news as well! I did not have the opportunity to speak with Ayat. But I'm sure she will become happy to hear the news.
Anwahr, Sweden
Congratulation for the 30-th ratification. Finally we made it. Great work.
Ardjana,...
This roundtable was organized in Kukes, a city based in the north of Albania, a highly affected region near the frontier with Kosovo. Its objective was to raise awareness about the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), as well as about the results of the report Voices from the Ground reflecting the voices of the victims in Albania.
The panel for...
This week of training for new Lao Ban Advocates has been fantastic. The workshop closed with the most difficult challenge of the week: public speaking. Each one of the advocates were encouraged and found the courage to deliver their speeches in front of the entire group. This was not an easy job, as for some of them, they told their stories for...
A total of 8 cluster munitions survivors (some with family members to aid them) arrived in Vientiane on Sunday night after many hours of traveling to reach the capital. The survivors come from various districts and provinces of the most contaminated cluster munitions areas of Lao PDR. These survivors were joined by campaigners from other countries...
The Ban Advocates are a group of women and men from diverse cluster munitions affected communities. The Ban Advocates have experienced the violence, exclusion and poverty caused by those indiscriminate weapons. They advocate for a ban on cluster munitions and the full application of the rights of survivors and affected communities. The Ban...
Ladies and Gentlemen,
First of all, I would like to thank the host country, Indonesia, and sponsoring countries of Australia, Austria, Germany and Norway, and the international organizations for organizing such an important conference in Asia as the most cluster munition affected region in the world.
It’s an honor for me to speak on behalf...
Dear ladies and gentlemen,
I am Soraj Ghulam Habib coming from Herat in Afghanistan. I lost both of my legs and one of my fingers in a cluster munition explosion in 2001.
Cluster munitions prevented me from attending school, playing with other kids, and participating in other social activities. At this time, cluster munitions destroyed my dreams....
Dear ladies and gentlemen,
My name is Bounmy. I am a cluster munition survivor coming from Lao PDR.
One morning in 1996, I was digging the ground. Suddenly, a cluster submunition exploded. Villagers heard the explosion and they came to see me and brought me home.
When my parents saw me, they were devastated and they thought that I was dead. But I...
Distinguished participants!
Ladies and gentlemen! It is a great honor for me to participate in the regional conference on the promotion and universalization of the Convention on Cluster Munitions. My name is Nguyen Thi Huong. I am an indirect victim of cluster munitions from Vietnam.
In 1991 my husband had a cluster bomb accident while working in...
My name is Lynn Bradach and I am a member of the Ban Advocates, a team of survivors of Cluster Munitions. I am here today to honor my son Travis who chose to stay in Iraq to clear unexploded ordnance and it was this that led to his being killed during clearance by a cluster munition.
The Convention on Cluster Munitions was opened for signature on...
On 5 June 1998, at the time of the conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia, Ayder School in the town of Mekele was bombarded. Planes flew over twice, dropping cluster bombs directly on the school and its vicinity. They killed 53 and wounded 158.
Mekele, capital of Tigray, was a small town like any other until the fatal day of 5 June 1998. On that...
The Ban Advocates from Albania and Serbia attended this regional conference, held ahead of the Second Review Conference of the Mine Ban Treaty. The purpose of the Tirana Workshop was to take stock of the progress made and the challenges lying in South Eastern Europe, in view of reaching the Convention’s goals.
One of the highlights of the...
After a long time, we finally succeeded to meet on Wednesday 30 September 2009 in his office, H. E. Mr. Kabir Frahi, acting Minister of Foreign Affairs in Afghanistan.
We met the minister together with Afghanmtin o members of the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC), Advocacy Committee members, the Deputy Minister of MOLSAMD and a Member of the...
On 25 September, 2009 France and Burundi formally ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions, making them the 20th and 21st States to ratify this international humanitarian treaty which prohibits the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of cluster munitions. It also sets out obligations to assist victims of this deadly ordnance, and their...
On 30 September 2009, we had a great launch of the report “Voices from the Ground” in Dushanbe. The opening of the event was at 10 o’clock. From 40 invitees, 30 of them attended the event. We were disappointed that nobody came from the supportive embassies. However, all other attendants participated actively in the event. I...
On 2 September 2009 Ban Advocates from Serbia joined the global launch of the breakthrough report “Voices from the Ground” locally at a national release event in Belgrade. Speakers at the well attended press conference held by Handicap International included local representatives of mine and explosive remnants of war survivor...
Good news for all people with disabilities in Afghanistan!
A meeting took place on 11th of August 2009, between the members of the Advocacy Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ACPD with H.E. Mr. Hamid Karzai the president of Afghanistan.
The meeting agenda was:
Ratification of the National Disability Law
Signature and...
The UN confirmed today that Croatia became the fifteenth country to ratify the Convention on Cluster Munitions by depositing its legal instrument at the UN Headquarters in New York on Monday 18 August .
Mina Zunac, Ban Advocate from Croatia
As a survivor of Cluster Munition and Ban Advocate this was a really good news for me and first reaction was...
"More than 30 years after the war ended in Vietnam, it is totally unacceptable to witness people still being killed or injured by explosive remnants of war" said Ngo Xuan Hien.
Hai Lang District, Quang Tri Province – A 42-year-old married man, the father of two children, has suffered major injuries from a piece of explosive...
On 9 July 2009, the Tajikistan campaign and the Afghanistan campaign met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan. We met with Mr. Iskandarov, Head of the UN Department, as well as Mr. Jonmahmad Rajabov, Head of the Tajikistan Mine Action Centre.
The meeting began with an introducing statement by Mr. Rajabov. Other meeting participants...
The Ban Advocates team arrived on Saturday June 13 in Germany. We came from Afghanistan, Albania, Croatia, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Serbia, Sweden, Tajikistan and the United States. We shall stay approximately two weeks in Germany, in order to attend a residential training and a conference on the destruction of cluster munitions stockpiles, on 25 and 26...
Last Wednesday, we finished our training on Project Management. The training had looked at different steps of the project for example defining the objectives, managing the budget, evaluating and monitoring the project. Project management should not have any more secrets for us!
On Thursday, in small groups, we followed a presentation on post-...
Here we are all back together again for our last day of training. As Chris Mohr (our current trainer) said yesterday "if this is Tuesday June 23" the subject must be Event Management. I must admit the team is looking rather bleary eyed and the response to questions is not only slow but pretty much nonexistent. However I will remind...
Your Excellences, ladies and gentlemen, dear fellow activists
On behalf of the Cluster Munition Coalition I would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to the German Government for the swift organization of this conference after the treaty was signed in Oslo. Since then I received the Tipperary Peace Award in Ireland on behalf of CMC, now we...
My name is Mina Zunac. I come from Croatia and I am a survivor of cluster munition attack. 98% of recorded cluster munition casualties are civilians, and I am one of them, but I am not just another number. I am a person and I am willing to stand up and demand a change. I am a Ban Advocate.
Today I'll talk about national planning, reporting and...
Handicap International roept België op zo snel mogelijk te ratificeren
Precies een jaar na de aanvaarding van de Conventie inzake Clustermunitie (CCM) in Dublin – op 30 mei 2008 – roept Handicap International op de Conventie zo snel mogelijk te ratificeren.
“België verbood clustermunitie als eerste land ter wereld en ondertekende...
Chuck Searcy is an American veteran of the war in Vietnam. Since 1995 he has lived in Vietnam and worked on humanitarian programs, including Project RENEW in Quang Tri Province – an effort to clean up bombs and mines with support from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. Searcy has been awarded Vietnam’s Friendship Medal.
One hot...
On 7th November-2008 Afghan Landmines Survivors’ Organization on behalf of the Cluster Munitions Coalition, organized a Petition event in a public park in Kabul city, and urged the government of Afghanistan to be among the majority of countries worldwide that will sign the convention on Cluster Munitions in Oslo, Norway on December 3rd, 2008...
I was at school when I received a call from Mr. Sulaiman Aminy saying that H. E. President Barack Obama will sign a law that will make permanent a ban on nearly all cluster bomb exports from the United States.
Honestly I felt very happy. How it will be exciting and historic in the world when the USA joins the Oslo process and signs, ratifies and...
Slachtoffers juichen afschaffing clustermunitie toeHandicap International roept staten op om verdrag van Oslo te ratificeren en toe te passen
Vandaag viert de internationale gemeenschap in Oslo de ondertekening van de Conventie op Clustermunitie. Het waren vooral de slachtoffers van clusterbommen die hun stempel drukten op het diplomatieke proces...
Wanneer enkele slachtoffers Staten doen buigen …
Op 16 februari 2006 maakte het federale Parlement van België het eerste land ter wereld dat clustermunitie (clusterbommen) verbood. Clustermunitie zijn wapens die tot honderden kleinere submunities - ook wel "bomblets" genoemd - kunnen verspreiden in uitgestrekte zones. Ze treffen...
Afghanistan heeft zopas bekend gemaakt dat het tegen alle verwachting in het internationale verdrag tegen clustermunitie zal ondertekenen, en dit ondanks sterke Amerikaanse druk om dit niet te doen. Deze wijziging is het gevolg van een lang gesprek tussen de Afghaanse delegatie in Oslo en Soraj Ghulam Habib, zelf slachtoffer van clustermunitie en...
Tijdens het grensconflict tussen Eritrea en Ethiopië werd op 5 juni 1998 de Ayder-school in Mekelle gebombardeerd. Vliegtuigen kwamen twee keer overvliegen en dropten clustermunitie op de school en de omgeving. Er vielen 53 doden en 158 mensen raakten gewond.
Aynalem Zenebe (18) was als klein meisje van zeven jaar na school op weg naar huis toen...
De “Ban Advocates” zijn een groep individuen uit gemeenschappen die het slachtoffer werden van clustermunitie. De Ban Advocates slaagden erin de discussies te beïnvloeden over alle belangrijke thema’s die aan bod kwamen tijdens het Oslo-proces. Ze lobbyden met de steun van Handicap International actief bij de...
Three members of Ban Advocates team to travel through Midwest promoting new treaty banning cluster bombs
Three individuals whose lives have been affected by cluster munitions will tour the Midwest in October to raise awareness and support for a U.S. ban on cluster bombs. Raed Mokaled from Lebanon, Soraj Ghulam Habib and Suliman Safdar from...
Overlevenden clustermunitie juichen sterke taal van verdrag over slachtofferhulp toeHandicap International roept Staten wel op om Amerikaanse druk te weerstaanVier dagen vóór de goedkeuring van een nieuw internationaal verdrag over het verbod op clustermunitie, juichen overlevenden van clustermunitie over heel de wereld de baanbrekende vooruitgang...
Handicap Internationaal ziet toe op de uitvoering van het verdrag
107 Staten namen deel aan de Dublin-conferentie over clustermunitie. Een verdrag dat deze wapens zal verbieden werd officieel goedgekeurd op vrijdag 30 mei en zal ondertekend worden in Oslo in december 2008. Het nieuwe Verdrag zal clustermunitie verbieden, de vernietiging ervan...
De 109 Staten die eind mei deelnamen aan de Dublin-conferentie over clustermunitie hebben een verdrag dat deze wapens zal verbieden officieel goedgekeurd. Dit zal ondertekend worden in Oslo in december 2008. Het nieuwe Verdrag zal clustermunitie verbieden, de vernietiging ervan organiseren en ervoor zorgen dat de slachtoffers volwaardige steun...
