The Eighth Meeting of States Parties

3-5 September 2018, Geneva, Switzerland

The Eighth Meeting of States Parties (8MSP) to the Convention on Cluster Munitions was held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland from 3 to 5 September 2018.

The 8MSP provided an opportunity for States Parties to present progress, challenges, plans and needs for assistance and cooperation to achieve their convention obligations and the commitments they made under the 2015 Dubrovnik Action Plan. The 8MSP was presided over by Nicaragua.

See highlights from the meeting - http://bit.ly/CMC8MSPslides

See social media highlights - http://wke.lt/w/s/HcUZR

Official Documents

• Official documents can be found on the convention's Implementation Support Unit's website

Side events

• The Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor presented its latest findings during a briefing for delegates on Monday 3 September.

CMC statements before the 8MSP

• Opening Statement, delivered by Hector Guerra, CMC Director
• Universalization, delivered by Aisha Mohammed, Yemen Mine Awareness Association
• Stockpile Destruction, delivered by Mary Wareham, Human Rights Watch
• Clearance, delivered by Branislav Kapetanovic, CMC Ambassador
• Victim Assistance, delivered by Loren Persi, Cluster Munition Monitor
• International Cooperation & Assistance, delivered by Erin Hunt, Mines Action Canada
• Transparency, delivered by Margaret Arach Orech, Uganda Landmine Survivors Association
• National Implementation Measures, delivered by Vidya Abhayagunawardena, Sri Lanka Campaign to Ban Landmines
• CMC statement on Compliance

Social Media

• CMC Twitter: https://twitter.com/banclusterbombs
• CMC Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/banclusterbombs
• CMC Flickr: http://bit.ly/ImagesForMedia
• CMC YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/CMCInternationa

Cluster Munition Monitor

• Cluster Munition Monitor 2018 report was launched on 30 August 2018 at the UN Office in Geneva. See the presentation here or download here 
• Contact media@icblcmc.org or telephone +41 22 920 0320 (Geneva) for more information