From the ICBL: (Geneva, 12 January 2012): Finland has become the latest nation to join the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, which comprehensively bans the use, production, trade, and stockpiling of antipersonnel landmines.
Finland deposited its instrument of accession at the United Nations in New York on Monday 9 January 2012, the United Nations has announced. Read More
From the Cluster Munition Coalition:
The Dominican Republic has become the 67th State Party to the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions, which bans the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of the indiscriminate weapon. Read More
UN News CentreThe United Nations today welcomed the decision of South Sudan to become the newest member of the global convention banning the use, stockpiling, production and sale of anti-personnel mines, describing it as an “historic step” for a country plagued by countless mines left behind from years of war.
The recent ratification of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) by the Czech Republic brought to 66 the number of States Parties to the CCM. With 111 countries now having signed or ratified the CCM, it is clear that efforts to stigmatize the weapon and to encourage countries to join have been very successful.
From the Cluster Munition Coalition
(London, 30 June 2011) – Grenada has become the first country ever to accede to the Convention on Cluster Munitions after depositing its instrument of accession in New York on 29 June 2011. Read More
