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The Convention on Cluster Munitions
On 30 May 2008, 107 participating states at the Dublin Conference on cluster munitions agreed to adopt the text of the new convention on cluster munitions. By doing so, the participating states fulfilled their commitment made in the Oslo Declaration February 2007, to:
“Conclude by 2008 a legally binding international instrument that prohibits the use and stockpiling of cluster munitions that cause unacceptable harm to civilians and secure adequate provision of care and rehabilitation to survivors and clearance of contaminated areas”.
The new convention will be opened for signature at a Signing Conference in Oslo on 3 December 2008. All states wanting to join the new Convention can attend this ceremony, or sign later at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. A series of regional and thematic meetings prior to the Signing Conference will prepare for this historic event.The new convention prohibits all use, stockpiling, production and transfer of Cluster Munitions. Separate articles in the Convention concern assistance to victims, clearance of contaminated areas and destruction of stockpiles.
The Convention is a result of the Oslo-process, an open and timebound diplomatic process that included States, Civil Society, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations.
» The process from adoption to entry into force
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