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The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) is an international treaty that prohibits all use, transfer, production, and stockpiling of cluster munitions, a type of explosive weapon which scatters submunitions ("bomblets") over an area. Additionally, the convention establishes a framework to support victim assistance, clearance of contaminated ...
The Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) is an international civil society movement, which campaigns against the use, production, stockpiling, and transfer of cluster munitions. Cluster munitions , a type of munition stockpiled by more than 80 states, are documented to have caused significant civilian deaths and injuries and have frequently caused ...
The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) entered into force on 1 August 2010. As of 1 February 2011, 51 States joined the CCM. [2] The Convention prohibits the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of cluster munitions. The GICHD supports the States Parties and other stakeholders with its knowledge and experience in implementing the CCM. [1]
Backers of an international agreement that bans cluster munitions are striving to prevent erosion in support for the deal after what one leading human rights group calls an “unconscionable” U ...
Cluster munitions, which are prohibited by more than 100 countries, typically release large numbers of smaller bomblets that can kill Lithuania's parliament backs pullout from Convention on ...
A convention banning the use of cluster bombs has been joined by more than 120 countries that agreed not to use, produce, transfer or stockpile the weapons and to clear them after they’ve been used.
The Convention on Cluster Munitions entered into force on 1 August 2010, six months after it was ratified by 30 states. As of 26 September 2018, a total of 120 states had joined the Convention, as 104 States parties and 16 signatories. [159] For an updated list of countries, see Convention on Cluster Munitions#State parties
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence told the PA news agency: “As a state party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, we oppose the use of cluster munitions and discourage all states ...