Visit to Serbia and FYR Macedonia by the President of the 3MSP

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Ambassador Kongstad meets representatives from civil society in Beograd

Ambassador Kongstad, together with representatives from the Norwegian Embassy in Beograd, meets civil society representatives Jelena Vicentic and Branislav Kapetanovic. Photo (c) Ingunn Vatne/Norwegian MFA

From 12-15 May 2013, the President of the Third Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, Ambassador Steffen Kongstad made a visit to Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The visit was occasioned by a Workshop in Skopje on the Implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, organised by RACVIAC, the Government Office for Mine Action of the Republic of Croatia, the Norwegian People’s Aid and the Ministry of Defence of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Continue reading →

Iraq ratifies the CCM

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As the 83th State to ratify the CCM, Iraq will become a State Party on 1 November 2013. The instrument of ratification deposited at the UNSG in New York is available here.

Bolivia ratifies the CCM

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As the 82th State to ratify the CCM, Bolivia will become a State Party on 1 October 2013. The instrument of ratification deposited at the UNSG in New York is available here.

Warning: Phishing attempt using the clusterconvention.org domain

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A fake e-mail using the clusterconvention.org header has today  been sent to several recipients pretending to be from the address info.docs@ccm3.pronk.se. It has the subject “Re: Important Confidential Document”.

The e-mail address does not exist and the link in the document leads to a website that most likely will attempt to infect your computer.

Please delete the e-mail and if you did click the link you should verify if your computer has been infected.

We will from today on configure DKIM and SPF for the clusterconvention.org enabling all recipients to verify the authenticity of e-mails sent from the @ccm3.pronk.se domain.

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Andorra ratifies the CCM

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As the 81th State to ratify the CCM, Andorra will become a State Party on 1 October 2013. The instrument of ratification deposited at the UNSG in New York is available here.

Chad ratifies the CCM

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As the 80th State to ratify the CCM, Chad will become a State Party on 1 September 2013. The instrument of ratification deposited at the UNSG in New York is available here.

Continued use of cluster munitions in Syria

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A report published 16 March 2013, identifies at least 119 locations in Syria where cluster munitions have been used in the past six months. “This report by Human Rights Watch documents that the use of cluster munitions in Syria is continuing and increasing. This conduct is deeply disturbing and should be condemned by the international community because of the unacceptable impact on innocent civilians,” says Ambassador Steffen Kongstad of Norway and Current President of the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Continue reading →

Nauru ratifies the CCM

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As the 78th State to ratify the CCM, the Republic of Nauru will become a State Party on 1 August 2013. The instrument of ratification deposited at the UNSG in New York is available here.

Visit to Southeast Asia by the President of the 3MSP

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From 22 – 31. January 2013, the President of the Third Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, Ambassador Steffen Kongstad made a visit to Thailand, Cambodia, Viet Nam and Lao PDR.  The purpose of the trip was to promote accession to the Convention by countries in Southeast Asia, and to learn more about efforts undertaken in the region to protect civilians from the dangers posed by cluster munitions. Continue reading →