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This section of the site is aimed at journalists, bookers, photographers and other members of the media interested in issues related to cluster munitions.
A central goal of the CMC is to raise public awareness about the range of issues at stake and the importance of banning cluster bombs. In collaboration with our CMC members in over 100 countries, we seek to provide as much up to date and relevant information as possible to journalists covering related topics.
News
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01 September 2016
Cluster Munition Monitor 2016
Today the Cluster Munition Monitor 2016 was launched at the United Nations Office in Geneva, hosted by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). In parallel the report is being…
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05 August 2016
African countries reaffirm commitment to eradicate cluster munitions
The workshop participants, 4 August 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia @ISUCCM African states commit to eradicate cluster munitions and end the suffering they cause by stepping up efforts to universalize t…
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01 August 2016
Happy 1 August
Cluster Munition Coalition delegation at the First Review Conference of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, 2015 © Lara Brose / Handicap International 1 August 2016 marks the 6th anniversary of th…
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28 July 2016
Syria/Russia: 47 cluster bomb attacks in 2 months
Use of banned weapon wreaks havoc among civilians Homepage photo: Unexploded AO-2.5RT/RTM submunitions collected after cluster munitions struck the outskirts of Termanin village, Idlib, on July 11.…
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26 July 2016
It's time for Angola to ratify the Convention on Cluster Munitions
An opinion piece by Michael P. MooreMichael P. Moore is just back from a visit to Angola where he gained fresh insight about the country's position on cluster munitions. A researcher for the Landmine …
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01 July 2016
France gets rid of all its cluster munitions
France completed the destruction of its stockpile of cluster munitions! The announcement was made jointly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense on 30 June 2016. Congratulation…
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16 June 2016
Over US$28 billion invested in companies that produce internationally banned cluster bombs
Download the Press Release in PDF (English) and in PDF (French) (Ottawa, 16 June 2016) – Despite the international ban on cluster munitions, 158 financial institutions invested more than US$28 billio…
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01 June 2016
US suspends cluster munitions sales to Saudi Arabia
Fatima Ibrahim al-Marzuqi is being carried by her brother because she is not able to walk due to her injuries sustained during a cluster munition attack on Malus village (Yemen).© 2015 Ole Solvang/H…
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25 May 2016
Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
At the World Humanitarian Summit in May 2016, states and other partners reaffirmed their commitment to humanitarian principles and promised to put people at the center of humanitarian action. Our P…
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23 May 2016
UK-Made Cluster Bombs Used in Yemen
Update 9 June 2016 In answer to Parliamentary questions, the UK Minister of Defence Procurement Philip Dunne and the UK Secretary of State for Defence Michael Fallon both claimed, despite clear evide…
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06 May 2016
US should investigate possible violation of cluster bomb export law
A failed BLU-108 canister, with two submunitions still attached, that was delivered by a CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapon during an attack on the quarry of the Amran Cement Factory on February 15, 2016.…
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20 April 2016
Palau ratifies the Convention on Cluster Munitions
H.E. Dr. Caleb Otto Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Mission of the Republic of Palau. 19 April 2016 @UNTC Palau deposited its instrument of ratification of the Convention on …
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06 April 2016
Cuba Bans Cluster Munitions
This important event was witnessed by CMC Director Megan Burke who congratulated Cuba representatives Cuba is the 99th State Party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions. The instrument of accessi…
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04 April 2016
Marking 4 April: Stop cluster bombs!
Mother holds photo of daughter killed in cluster bomb explosion - Piou, 10, on right. 2010, © Giovanni Diffidenti We are marking 4 April, the day of International Mine Awareness and Assistance in …
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04 April 2016
Nobel Laureates and campaigners urge Democratic Republic of Congo to ratify the Convention
On 4 April 2016, International Mine Awareness Day, campaigners from all over the world called on H.E. Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to ratify the Convention on Clust…
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23 March 2016
Stop cluster munition use in Yemen
For the past year the Saudi-led coalition has been using US-supplied cluster bombs in Yemen
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14 February 2016
US Cluster Bombs Repeatedly Used by Saudi-Led Coalition
Bombings in civilian areas flout US export law
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08 February 2016
"The injured were mostly women and children"
Cluster bomb attacks increase in January-February 2016 during Syrian-Russian military operation in Syria
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07 January 2016
Saudi-led coalition strikes Yemen's capital with cluster bombs
Cluster bomb (CBU-58A/B) in AL Judairi Police Station, Sana'a, 6 January 2016, © OHCHR Yemen Country Office. On 6 January 2016, Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces dropped cluster bombs on residenti…
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