Third Review Conference (3RC)

Provisional Agenda and Programme of Work

• Provisional Agenda (Advance Copy) AR, EN, ES, FR, RU, ZH
• Provisional Work Programme (Advance Copy) AR, EN, ES, FR, RU, ZH

 

Drafts

17 July 2026

• Draft Review Document on the implementation of the Lausanne Action Plan (2022-2026) and the status and operation of the Convention (Advance Copy) (CCM/CONF/2026/WP.1)
• Draft Vientiane Capital Action Plan on the implementation of the CCM, 2027-2031 (Advance Copy) (CCM/CONF/2026/WP.2)
• CCM Political Declaration, at the occasion of the Third Review Conference (Draft for Consultations) (CCM/CONF/2026/WP.3) 

Conference Documents

Finance

17 July 2026

• Cost estimates for the Fifteenth Meeting of States Parties (2028) and for the Sixteenth Meeting of States Parties (2029) (CCM/CONF/2026/4)

Extension Request

• Chad Extension Request (7 July 2026)
• Mise à jour de la demande de prolongation date limite prescrite à l’article 4(1) Soumis par Tchad (formatted)
• Analysis and Draft Decision of Chad’s Deadline Extension Request under Article 4.1 of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (formatted)

ISU Documents

• Convention on Cluster Munitions Implementation Support Unit – 2025 Annual Report

• Convention on Cluster Munitions Implementation Support Unit 2027–2031 Revised Work Plan and Budget

Working Papers

Submitted by the Presidency

1 September 2026

• Elements for consideration on the future Programme of Meetings (CCM/CONF/2026/WP.6) (Advance Copy)
• Elements for consideration with regard to the Coordination Committee and the role of the President (CCM/CONF/2026/WP.7) (Advance Copy)
• Guidelines for consideration on the management of the Convention on Cluster Munitions Sponsorship Programme (unformatted version)
• Elements for discussion regarding institutional aspects of the ISU (unformatted version)

Submitted by Thematic Coordinators

• Coordinators on Universalization (Costa Rica and Norway) Ways Forward on Universalisation of the CCM (CCM/CONF/2026/WP.10) (Advance Copy)
• Coordinators on Victim Assistance (Niger and Japan) Living the Convention: Victims’ Voices in the Implementation of the CCM (CCM/CONF/2026/WP.15) (Advance Copy)
• Coordinator on National Implementation Measures (Panama) Methodology for the National Implementation Support Initiative (NIM Clinics) (CCM/CONF/2026/WP.16) (Advance Copy)
• Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) in the Convention on Cluster Munitions (Lebanon): Five Years of the Lausanne Action Plan and Priorities Moving Forward (Advance Copy)

Interpretative Declarations

• The Holy See (18 September 2026)

• Side Event Programme

• Summary of the Informal Briefing (30 January 2026)
• Draft Agenda of the First Preparatory Meeting
• Draft Provisional Agenda for the Third Review Conference
• Rules of Procedure

(organised according to the timetable of the day)

• Americas Group
• Africa Group
• Asia Pacific Group
• Europe Group

• Note Verbale in English.
• Note Verbale in French.
• Note Verbale in Spanish.

(in order of submission)

• Information Note
• Draft Provisional Agenda of the First Preparatory Meeting
• Draft Provisional Agenda of the Third Review Conference
• Rules of Procedure
• Draft Review Document 1.0 by Presidency
• Working Paper 2: Reflections and options regarding the Convention’s machinery: Future Programme of Meetings
• Working Paper 3: Reflections and options regarding the Convention’s machinery: Coordination Committee and the Role of the President
• Working paper 4: Working Paper on Elements for the Vientiane Capital Action Plan: Submitted by the President
• Draft Provisional Programme of Work (Unformatted Advance Copy)
• Final Report of the First Preparatory Meeting of 3RC (Advance Copy)

• Draft Review Document on the implementation of the Lausanne Action Plan (2022-2026)
• Draft Vientiane Action Plan (Streamlined and Reviewed by Presidency – Formatted Version)
• Working Document on Elements for a Political Declaration
• Working Document on Draft Elements for Guidelines on the Management of the Convention on Cluster Munitions’ Sponsorship Programme
• Provisional Agenda, EN, AR, ES, FR, RU, ZH
• Draft Provisional Work Pogramme EN – 3RC
• Logistical Note – CCM 2PM-3RC
• Side Event Registration Form – 2PM-3RC
• Final report – Second Preparatory Meeting of the Third Review Conference (Advance Copy)

Item 1

• Presidency of the Third Review Conference, Lao PDR

 

Item 4

• Austria

Item 5(a)

• Africa Group
• Sierra Leone
• New Zealand
• Cuba
• United Kingdom
• European Union
• Mine Action Review

Item 5(b)

• Sri Lanka
• Belgium
• Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
• United Kingdom
• Nigeria
• MAG
• Gender and Diversity Working Group
• NPA
• Mine Action Review

Item 5(c)

• Belgium
• United Kingdom
• Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
• Mine Action Review

Monday 14 September

Opening

• Lao PDR Prime Minister, Opening Remarks
• CMC

Agenda Item 8
High Level Segment (General Exchange of Views)

States Parties

• • Lao PDR
  • Sri Lanka 
  • Cambodia
  • Thailand
  • Africa Group
  • Canada
  • Spain
  • Portugal
  • United Kingdom
  • Cuba ESP, ENG
  • New Zealand
  • Italy
  • Switzerland
  • Germany
  • Austria
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Ireland
  • Holy See 
  • Luxembourg
  • Slovenia
  • Australia
  • Japan
  • Norway
  • Belgium
  • Senegal
  • Czech Republic
  • Union des Comores
  • South Africa
  • Kingdom of the Netherlands
  • Burkina Faso 
  • Cameroon
  • Nigeria
  • Sweden
  • Somalia

 

Tuesday 15 September

Agenda Item 8
General Exchange of Views (continued)

States Parties

• The Gambia
• Lebanon
• Peru
• Chile
• Ecuador
• Mexico
• Colombia
• Namibia
• Zambia
• Somalia
• Denmark

Signatory States

• Jamaica

Observer States

• Türkiye

International Organisations or Institutions

• United Nations Inter-Agency Cooperation Group for Mine Action
• GICHD

Other Organisations

• European Union
• Nonviolence International Southeast Asia (NISEA)
• MAG
• NPA
• Mine Action Review
• NPA on behalf of the Gender and Diversity Working Group

Agenda Item 9
Review of the operation and status of the Convention and other matters important for
achieving the aims of the Convention

Coordinators of the Working Group on Universalisation (Norway and Costa Rica)

• 9(a) Universalization

States Parties

• Lao PDR
• Canada
• Switzerland
• Austria
• Iraq
• Nigeria
• Japan
• Peru
• New Zealand
• Belgium
• South Africa
• Cameroon
• Australia
• Ireland
• Costa Rica
• Cuba ESP ENG
• The Philippines

Observer States         

• Bangladesh

International Organizations or Institutions

• United Nations Inter-Agency Cooperation Group for Mine Action
• ICRC and IFRC

Other Organisations

• Nonviolence International Southeast Asia (NISEA)
• NPA
• CMC

• 9(b) Storage and stockpile destruction

States Parties

• Germany
• Cameroon
• Cuba

Other Organisations

• CMC

 

Wednesday, 16 September

• Coordinators of the Working Group on Clearance and Destruction of
  cluster munitions remnants (France and Mexico).

• 9(c) Clearance and destruction of cluster munitions remnants

States Parties

• • Germany
  • Iraq
  • Lao PDR
  • Japan

Observer States

• • Cambodia
  • Pakistan

International Organizations or Institutions

• • UN IACG-MA
  • GICHD

Other Organisations

• • MAG
  • NPA
  • CMC
  • Mine Action Review
  • EIMA Joint Statement

 

• 9(c) Consideration of requests submitted under Article 4 of the Convention

• Coordinators of the Working Group on Clearance and Destruction of
  Cluster Munitions Remnants on the request submitted by Chad for an extension of its
  deadline for completing the clearance and destruction of cluster munition remnants in
  accordance with Article 4.1 of the Convention (France and Mexico).

States Parties 

• • Chad

Other Organisations

• • MAG
  • CMC
  • Mine Action Review

• 9(d) Risk Education

Coordinator on Risk Education (Lebanon)

States Parties

• Lao PDR
• Austria
• Iraq
• South Africa
• South Sudan

Observer States

• Cambodia

International Organisations and Institutions

• GICHD
• UN IACG-MA
• ICRC and IFRC
• ASEAN Regional Mine Action Center

Other Organisations

• EORE Advisory Group (Delivered by MAG)
• NISEA
• CMC

• 9(e) Victim Assistance

• Coordinators of the Working Group on Victim Assistance (Niger and Japan)

States Parties

• Holy See
• South Africa
• Austria
• Chad
• Iraq
• the Philippines
• Cuba
• Lao PDR
• Mexico
• State of Palestine

Observer States

• Cambodia

International Organizations or Institutions

• UN IACG-MA

Other Organisations

• NISEA
• CMC
• The Monitor
• ARMAC

• 9 (f) International Cooperation and Assistance

• Working Group on International Cooperation and Assistance (Kingdom of the Netherlands and Switzerland)

States Parties

• Canada
• Lao PDR
• France
• New Zealand
• Switzerland
• Germany
• Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Cameroon
• Ireland
• Iraq
• Japan
• Australia
• Philippines
• Cuba
• Ecuador
• Ghana
• Norway
• Peru

Observer States

• Thailand
• Cambodia
• Kiribati

International Organisations or Institutions

• UN IACG-MA
• GICHD

Other Organisations

• MAG
• NISEA
• NPA
• CMC
• ITF Enhancing Human Security
• ARMAC
• EIMA
• HALO Trust

• 9 (g) Transparency Measures

• Coordinator on Transparency Measures (Australia)

States Parties

• Burkina Faso
• Nigeria
• The Gambia

Other Organisations

• CMC

• 9(h) Compliance

States Parties

• Austria
• Ireland
• Panama
• Niger
• Norway
• Switzerland
• Mali – droit de réponse
• New Zealand
• UK
• Canada
• Mali – droit de réponse
• Niger
• Peru

Other Organisations

• CMC
• Mine Action Review
• NPA

 

• 9(i) National Implementation Measures

• Coordinator on National Implementation Measures ( Panama)

States Parties

• Lao PDR
• Canada
• Nigeria
• Namibia
• Tunisia

Other Organisations

• CMC

• 9(j) Implementation Support

States Parties

• Switzerland
• South Africa
• Norway

• 9(k) Other matters important for achieving the aims of the Convention

• Working Group on the General Status and Operation of the Convention and
  CCM Gender Focal Points (Austria and Cameroon).

States Parties

• Lao PDR
• Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Ireland
• Canada (read during agenda item 9i)

Other Organisations

• GICHD on behalf of the Gender and Diversity in Mine Action Working Group.
• CMC (Mine Action Fellows)
• NISEA

• Agenda Item 10
  Status of the assessed contributions received pursuant to Article 14 of the Convention.

States Parties

• Japan

• Agenda Item 11
  Consideration of requests submitted under Article 3 and Article 4 of the Convention. 

 

• Agenda Item 12
  Dates, duration and preparations of future meetings. 

 

• Agenda Item 13
  Other matters.

 

• Agenda Item 14
  Consideration and adoption of the final document.

 

• Agenda item 15
  Consideration and adoption of the final document. 

 

• Agenda Item 16 Closure of the Third Review Conference. 

States Parties

• Austria

• Morning Session.
• Afternoon Session.