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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
	Current Vacancies Reintegration Officer - Liberia Landmine Action is advertising for the post of Reintegration Officer for its field programme in Liberia. The Reintegration Officer will be responsible for liaison with the Ministry of Agriculture, the management of all project activities, staff and attendant budgets and the provision of detailed advice and reports to the Country Manager.	19/09/2008
	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
	Groundbreaking treaty banning cluster bombs achieved Cluster bomb survivors and campaigners rejoice over the groundbreaking and comprehensive treaty provisionally agreed in Dublin	29/05/2008
	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
	Brown committment to cluster bomb ban makes treaty in 2008 "almost a certainty" Confidence grows for a new cluster bomb treaty despite disappointment in Geneva. Gordon Brown’s demand for an international ban in his Lord Mayor’s speech Monday has given a major boost to the new treaty effort. Blocking by Russia resulted in a “go slow” outcome from the Geneva meeting ending Tuesday but Gordon Brown’s intervention has given strong support to those states that want to see urgent action.	13/11/2007
	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
	UK cluster bombs policy makes no sense Humanitarian agencies call on the UK government to ban cluster bombs immediately. Find out how you can help.	18/09/2007
	Go Gordon! Send Oxfam's email to Gordon Brown listing key policy recomendations on global issues including a plea to ban cluster munitions by 2008.	10/07/2007
	Cluster bombs: get them Milibanned Put cluster bombs high on the agenda of Gordon Brown's new cabinet. Email the Foreign Secretary with this quick, easy link.	10/07/2007
	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
	UN Secretary-General report on Western Sahara Landmine Action's Western Sahara programme praised in Seretary-General's report on Western Sahara.	13/04/2007
	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
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