Tipperary Peace Convention has made the announcement on World Day of Peace (January 1st) that the 2008 Tipperary International Peace Prize is to be awarded to the Cluster Munition Coalition, in recognition of their campaign to outlaw the use of cluster bombs.
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1. INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Convention on Cluster Munitions Signing Conference, 2-4 December 2008
The CCM Signing Conference was one of the most important international events of 2008, an historic moment to remember forever. 94 countries signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions at the Signing Conference in Oslo. Signatories of the treaty include dozens of users, producers and stockpilers and affected states including Afghanistan (in a surprising last-minute decision by President Karzai), Lao PDR, and Lebanon.
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Job Title: Media and Communications Officer
Now that the international treaty to ban cluster bombs has been signed, the campaign moves into an intensive ratification campaign to get signatories to ratify the treaty and non-signatories to adhere. You will join the successful global campaign to ban cluster bombs to ensure the CMC effectively communicates to the public and key partners; increases public awareness of the campaign through media coverage; and supports and promotes members’ media work.
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By WALTER GIBBS and KIRK SEMPLE
(Oslo, 4 December 2008) - In a last-minute change, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan agreed on Wednesday to join some 90 other nations signing a treaty banning the use of the cluster munitions that have devastated his country in recent years.
The decision appeared to reflect Mr. Karzai’s growing independence from the Bush administration, which has opposed the treaty and, according to a senior Afghan official who spoke on the condition of anonymity following diplomatic protocol, had urged Mr. Karzai not to sign it.
Filed Under: Afghanistan, Oslo Signing Conference