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	World Leaders Make Major Step Forward on Arms Control On 3 & 4 December over 100 countries attended the Signing Conference of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, the most significant humanitarian and disarmament treaty to be negotiated in the last decade.	10/12/2008
	Georgia: UK must condemn Russian Use of Cluster Munitions Landmine Action deplores Russia's use of cluster munitions in Georgia and calls on the UK to condemn this use. The attacks come three months after 107 nations agreed an international ban on the weapon, due to their devastating humanitarian consequences.	15/08/2008
	Cluster bomb ban: common sense and common humanity prevail say campaigners Comprehensive ban on cluster bombs agreed today in Dublin by 111 states. It commits states to destroy all stockpiles within eight years, including foreign stockpiling, and means stocks in US bases in the UK will have to be cleared. The political stigma of the weapons' use will put pressure on non-signatories.	30/05/2008
	UK comes in from the cold on cluster bomb ban Campaigners welcome Brown' statement committing to join cluster bomb ban treaty	21/05/2008
	Former military leaders send clear message to the UK Government ahead of cluster bomb treaty As negotiations begin in Dublin for a treaty banning cluster bombs, a group of senior former military leaders have spoken out against these weapons that have caused harm to civilians for over 40 years	19/05/2008
	Most British people believe UK cannot be a force for good unless it bans cluster bombs Nearly eight out of ten people (79%) in Great Britain think the government should support a worldwide ban on cluster bombs according to a new YouGov poll released today (15 May).	15/05/2008
	UK signs on for final stage of cluster bomb ban Despite fears that the UK would walk away from a critical conference in Wellington, New Zealand, they were one of more than 80 countries that agreed to finalise the cluster munitions ban treaty in Dublin in May.	22/02/2008
	Agencies accuse UK government of reclassifying cluster bomb in order to beat the weapon’s ban The UK, the world’s third largest user of lethal cluster bombs over the last ten years, has renamed one of its two remaining cluster munitions in an effort to beat an expected worldwide ban next year.	18/09/2007
	International Criminal Tribunal: Milan Martić guilty of indiscriminate use of cluster munitions in Zagreb war crime verdict Milan Martić has been found guilty in The Hague of violating the laws of war during the conflict in Croatia in 1995.	12/06/2007
	Cluster bomb ban moves a step closer 29 more states join the Oslo Process at the second meeting of states in Peru.	25/05/2007
	First national capacity for weapons clearance established in Western Sahara A decade after the Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty, the first fully-qualified national staff can begin the task of clearing the huge quantities of landmines and other explosive ordnance that threaten the lives of the people living and working in Western Sahara.	18/04/2007
	Partial UK ban on cluster munitions falls short of target CMC: The United Kingdom's ban on "dumb" cluster munitions is a step in the right direction, but falls far short of what is needed to protect civilians from the deadly effects of these weapons.	21/03/2007
	UK moves closer to cluster bomb ban, but keeps unacceptable weapons for use Less than a month after joining 45 other countries in a commitment to ban cluster munitions by 2008, the UK has announced it is banning the use of ‘dumb’ cluster munitions with immediate effect.	19/03/2007
	Western Sahara – Controlled explosion destroys thousands of antipersonnel mines Today, Western Sahara’s Polisario Front, completed destruction of its remaining stockpile of 3321 anti-personnel mines.	27/02/2007
	46 Nations commit to ban cluster bombs Overwhelming success in Oslo as 46 nations commit to a cluster bomb ban in 2008.	23/02/2007
	Campaigners say “cluster bombs don’t add up” As more than 40 nations take the first step towards a new international treaty to protect civilians from the deadly effects of cluster bombs, new reports from Landmine Action and Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) highlight the continued problems caused by the use of cluster bombs by NATO on Kosovo and Serbia.	19/02/2007
	Norway takes the lead in a new process on cluster munitions as the CCW fails to address this urgent humanitarian problem The Norwegian government has announced its intention to start a new process for a treaty to ban cluster munitions that cause unacceptable harm to civilians.	14/02/2007
	Lords Set to Support Cluster Munitions Ban A new bill to prohibit the use of cluster munitions will have its second reading in the House of Lords on Friday 15 December 2006.	14/12/2006
	24 states call for a new treaty on cluster munitions Momentum is growing in Geneva for negotiations towards a new international law on cluster munitions as an insufficient new accord enters into force on ERW.	13/11/2006
	A “dumb” ploy to distract attention from growing calls for a new treaty on cluster munitions Despite delaying tactics by the UK, momentum is growing in Geneva for a new treaty on cluster munitions. In the last week, the number of countries supporting negotiations at the Third Review Conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) has jumped from 6 to 18.	10/11/2006
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