27 COUNTRIES HAVE RATIFIED THE CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS:
| 1. Norway (3 Dec 2008) 2. Ireland (3 Dec 2008) 3. The Holy See (3 Dec 2008) 4. Sierra Leone (3 Dec 2008) 5. Lao PDR (18 Mar 2009) 6. Austria (2 Apr 2009) 7. Mexico (6 May 2009) 8. Niger (2 June 2009) 9. Albania (16 June 2009) 10. Spain (17 June 2009) 11. Germany (8 Jul 2009) 12. Luxembourg (10 Jul 2009) 13. San Marino (10 Jul 2009) 14. Japan (14 Jul 2009) |
15. Zambia (12 Aug 2009) 16. Croatia (17 Aug 2009) 17. Slovenia (19 Aug 2009) 18. Uruguay (24 Sept 2009) 19. Malta (24 Sept 2009) 20. France (25 Sept 2009) 21. Burundi (25 Sept 2009) 22. Malawi (7 Oct 2009) 23. Macedonia (FYR) (8 Oct 2009) 24. Nicaragua (2 Nov 2009) 25. New Zealand (22 Dec 2009) 26. Belgium (22 Dec 2009) 27. Montenegro (25 Jan 2010) |
Ratification and entry into force 30 ratifications are needed for the Convention to enter into force and become binding international law. Only when the Convention enters into force will states be bound by all of the Convention’s terms and will the deadlines start counting down for clearance of contaminated land and destruction of remaining stockpiles.The CMC is challenging all states to ratify the Convention on Cluster Munitions without delay and to strive to be among the first 30 states responsible for triggering entry into force.
104 COUNTRIES HAVE SIGNED THE CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS:
Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, The Dominican Republic, DR Congo, Republic of Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte D`Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Haiti, The Holy See, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar , Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Republic of Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Rwanda, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tomé and Principe, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Zambia.
Signature of the Convention
The Convention on Cluster Munitions was signed in Oslo, Norway in December 2008 and has since been opened for signature and ratification at the United Nations headquarters in New York. By signing the Convention, a state proclaims its consent to be bound by its provisions once it ratifies the treaty. In addition, the state is obligated to not act against the “object and purpose” of the treaty until the treaty becomes law for that state. Every country that has signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions must still ratify it in order to become a State Party bound by the Convention’s provisions.
Who has joined the Convention on Cluster Munitions?
