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Campaigners grateful to outgoing CMC coordinator

2011-02-07

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CMC Coordinator Thomas Nash at the Oslo signing ceremony of the Convention on Cluster Munitions in December 2008. Photo credit: Federico Visi.

Led successful push for international treaty banning cluster bombs

(London, 7 February 2011) – Thomas Nash stepped down as coordinator of the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) on 31 January 2011 after seven years of inspiring leadership of the global campaign to ban cluster bombs. Under his direction, the CMC grew immensely from its founding in 2003 through the negotiation, adoption and entry into force of the Convention on Cluster Munitions.

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Remembering our Algerian campaigner Rachid Dahmani

2011-01-11

(10 January 2011) – The International Campaign to Ban Landmines and the Cluster Munition Coalition are devastated by the loss of our dear colleague and friend Rachid Dahmani from Handicap International in Algeria.

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A powerful advocate for the cluster bomb ban: Thoummy Silamphan

2010-11-10

Thoummy Silamphan, 22, lost part of his left arm in a cluster bomblet accident when he was 8, and now advocates against cluster bombs. Photo credit: Tracie Williams

By Gemima Harvey

Think of an issue you believe in more than anything else; an issue that has deeply affected your life. Imagine you are an advocate for this cause. Consider sharing your concerns and feelings in front of an audience.

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In Lao PDR, cluster bomb survivors hopeful key meeting will help to end suffering

2010-11-08

Chanthava Podbuly, 50, is among the Lao cluster munition survivors attending the First Meeting of States Parties in Vientiane. After losing her right leg in a cluster bomblet accident in Savannakhet province, Lao PDR in 1993, this year she joined the Ban Advocates initiative to campaign for the international ban on cluster munitions. Photo credit: Melissa Fenwick/CMC.

By Gemima Harvey

Vientiane is buzzing with activity before the historic First Meeting of States Parties to the Convention of Cluster Munitions begins this Tuesday, where states are expected to agree on concrete actions to implement the decade’s most significant humanitarian and disarmament treaty.

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CMC Newsletter September 2010

2010-10-07

CMC September newsletter

COPE staff with François Sénémaud at a reception in Vientiane. The French Government and COPE signed an agreement to fund COPE’s advocacy activities over the next year. Photo credit: COPE/Jack Khamchan
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1. INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Three more states parties on board cluster bomb ban

Three states deposited their instruments of ratification in the month of September bringing to 42 the number of countries that are already or will soon become full states parties of the Convention on Cluster Munitions.

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