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September 4, 2019 Statement

Statement on Stockpile Destruction, Convention on Cluster Munitions Ninth Meeting of States Parties

Delivered by Mary Wareham, Advocacy Director, Arms Division

August 29, 2019 News Release

Cluster Munitions: Ban Treaty Is Working

Glaring Exception is Syria, Where Attacks Continue

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June 20, 2019 News Release

UK: Arms Sales to Saudis Suspended After Landmark Ruling

Court Holds Government Failed to Consider Violations in Yemen

Destruction at the location of an air strike at Radfan Ceramics Factory, west of Sanaa, Yemen, on September 23, 2015.
June 3, 2019 Report

Russia/Syria: Flurry of Prohibited Weapons Attacks

International Norms Ignored as Civilians Suffer

A man inspects the destruction left by overnight air strikes targeting residential areas at Kafr Nabl in the rebel-held Idlib Province, Syria, May 20 2019.
January 17, 2019 News Release

Yemen: Civilians Bombed, Shelled, Starved

War Crimes by Saudi-Led Coalition, Houthis Go Unaddressed

People are seen near a bus destroyed by an airstrike that killed dozens of children, in a photograph taken on August 12, 2018 in Saada, Yemen.
November 20, 2018 News Release

France: Press UAE Crown Prince on Abuses in Yemen

French Arms Sales to Coalition Raise Complicity Concerns

Saudi-led coalition aircraft struck three apartment buildings in Faj Attan, a densely populated neighborhood in Sanaa, on August 25, 2017. Two of the buildings were completely destroyed and the third suffered extensive damage. Saudi-led coalition aircraft
September 4, 2018 Statement

Statement on Compliance, Convention on Cluster Munition Eighth Meeting of States Parties

Delivered by Steve Goose, Executive Director, Arms Division

September 3, 2018 News Release

Cluster Munition Coalition Statement on Stockpile Destruction to the Convention on Cluster Munitions Eighth Meeting of States Parties in Geneva

Delivered by Mary Wareham, Advocacy Director, Arms Division

August 30, 2018 News Release

Cluster Munitions: Full Compliance by Ban Treaty States

US Embraces Unreliable Munitions, Moving Further Away from Ban

A BLU-61 submunition marked for destruction in-place in the Basra governorate of Iraq, March 2018.
July 27, 2018 Commentary

Russia’s Responsibility in the Syrian Reconquest of Idlib

A mother shows a picture of her son, who was detained by authorities in the northern Syrian province of Idlib, Syria, March 20, 2016. She has not heard any news about her son since then.
March 18, 2018 News Release

Russia Backs Syria in Unlawful Attacks on Eastern Ghouta

UN Should Immediately Deploy Monitors to Prevent Reprisal Executions

People walk with their belongings as they flee the rebel-held town of Hammouriyeh, in the village of Beit Sawa, eastern Ghouta, Syria March 15, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
March 14, 2018 Dispatches

Sri Lanka Bans Cluster Munitions

Becomes 103rd State Party to the International Treaty

A mine field in Sri Lanka is marked with Danger! Mines! signs and caution tape.
January 18, 2018 News Release

Middle East Conflicts Spur Disastrous New Trends for Region

Smoke billows behind a building in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on December 3, 2017, during clashes between Houthi rebels and supporters of Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh. © 2017 Getty Images
December 5, 2017 News Release

Yemen: Ali Abdullah Saleh Leaves Behind Grim Legacy

Ex-President’s Death Underscores Need for Impartial Investigations

Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh addresses a rally held to mark the 35th anniversary of the establishment of his General People's Congress party in Sanaa, Yemen August 24, 2017. Picture taken August 24, 2017
December 1, 2017 News Release

US Embraces Cluster Munitions

Reverses Course on Internationally Banned, Reviled Weapons

Cambodian Youen Sam En participated in the Dublin negotiations of the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions. He lost his eyesight and both hands when an submunition exploded.

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