04 September 2012
NEW REPORT SHOWS GROUND-BREAKING GLOBAL BAN RAPIDLY REDUCING THREAT FROM CLUSTER MUNITIONS
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NEW REPORT SHOWS GROUND-BREAKING GLOBAL BAN RAPIDLY REDUCING THREAT FROM CLUSTER MUNITIONS
Campaigners set to return to Oslo four years after the Convention was signed, urging continued momentum towards complete eradication of the weapon
Key media opportunities
1. Exclusive launch of Cluster Munition Monitor 2012DATE: Thursday 6 September 2012TIME: 10:00AM (GMT)VENUE: Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London, W2 1QJ www.frontlineclub.com2. Third Meeting of States Parties to the 2008 Convention on Cluster MunitionsDATE: 11 – 14 September 2012VENUE: Oslo Kongressenter, Folkets Hus BA, Youngsgate 11, 0181 Oslo, Norway www.oslokongressenter.noSummaryBetween 11 – 14 September 2012 hundreds of governments and campaigners, including survivors of cluster munitions, will return to Oslo for the Third Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions – the global ban that prevents use, stockpiling, production and transfer of this weapon.The findings of the Cluster Munition Monitor 2012, launched exclusively in London this week, will provide concrete data showing global commitment to rapidly implementing the Convention. Despite serious allegations in recent months of new use of cluster munitions in Syria and Sudan, neither of which has joined the Convention, the Monitor’s findings provide powerful proof that the young treaty is already saving millions of lives.Details1. Exclusive launch of Cluster Munition Monitor 2012DATE: Thursday 6 September 2012TIME: 10:00AM (GMT)VENUE: Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London, W2 1QJ www.frontlineclub.comEXCLUSIVE CONTENT INCLUDES:• Update on huge numbers of stockpiled cluster bombs being destroyed;• Update on land cleared of unexploded cluster bombs;• Update on cluster bomb use allegations;• Update on national implementation legislation, including objectionable laws in Australia and Canada;• Update on controversial issues of interpretation, including joint military operations with states not party;• Treaty status and global cluster bomb problem.PANEL:• Mary Wareham – Final Editor of Cluster Munition Monitor 2012• Laura Cheeseman – Director of the Cluster Munition Coalition• Steve Goose – Chair of the CMC Governance Board, and Director of Human Rights Watch’s Arms DivisionCONTACT:• Kate Wiggans, CMC Media & Communications Manager kate@icblcmc.org / +41-78-685-11-46• Kathryn Millet, Project Coordinator Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor kathryn@icblcmc.org / +41-79-455-55-27• Laura Cheeseman, Director of Cluster Munition Coalition laura@icblcmc.org / +44 (0) 7515 575 1752. Third Meeting of States Parties to the 2008 Convention on Cluster MunitionsDATE: 11 – 14 September 2012VENUE: Oslo Kongressenter, Folkets Hus BA, Youngsgate 11, 0181 Oslo, Norway www.oslokongressenter.noNEWS PEGS INCLUDE:• Cluster munition survivors and global campaigners return to Oslo four years after lifesaving treaty banning cluster munitions is signed to urge world to do more to prevent further harm from the weapon.• Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre to attend and officially open the conference on Tuesday 11 September.• Impressive gains in destroying stockpiled cluster bombs will be announced, preventing future harm from this indiscriminate weapon.CONTACT:• Kate Wiggans, CMC Media & Communications Manager kate@icblcmc.org / +41-78-685-11-46• Laura Cheeseman, CMC Director laura@icblcmc.org / +44 7515 575175RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO MEDIA:1) Embargoed press release, major findings and full report ahead of Cluster Munition Monitor launch, plus interviews with the panel;2) Multi-lingual interviews with cluster bomb survivors and campaigners from dozens of countries – available via ISDN between 10 – 15 September;3) Multi-lingual interviews with experts in cluster bomb clearance, stockpile destruction, victim assistance and status of the treaty – available via ISDN between 10 – 15 September;4) Video News Release with full script, timecodes and natural sound:o Footage: destruction of cluster bomb stockpiles; cluster bomb clearance; cluster bomb use; Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg of Norway announcing the adoption of Convention on Cluster Munitions, Oslo, December 2008;o Interviews: Laura Cheeseman, CMC Director5) High-resolution photographs of conference proceedings, CMC campaigning, states signing the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Oslo in 2008, cluster bomb survivors, cluster bomb clearance and contamination, with captions, available to download on Flikr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clustermunitioncoalition/collections/72157627347166682/6) Real-time updates from the conference on Twitter (www.twitter.com/banclusterbombs)7) Web-sized short films for use online and/or to embed codes for existing films: www.youtube.com/user/CMCInternationalPDF copy of the Media Advisory
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