cluster munitions « Political Minefields

My Op-Ed in The Guardian on Obama’s Refusal to Sign the Landmine Ban

• 27 November 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in UK, USA, United States of America
Tags: Cluster Munition Convention, cluster munitions, Landmine, Mine Ban Treaty, Obama, Ottawa Convention, The Guardian

Former US Mine Action Czars Call on Obama to Join Ottawa and Oslo Treaties

• 23 April 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in USA, United States of America
Tags: Baltimore Sun, Barack Obama, Bush, cluster munitions, Convention on Cluster Munitions, Donald Steinberg, George W. Bush, Karl F. Inderfurth, landmines, mine action, Obama, Oslo Convention, Ottawa Convention

Human Rights Watch Documents Impact of Cluster Munitions in Georgia

• 14 April 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Georgia, Russia
Tags: A Dying Practice, A Dying Practice: Use of Cluster Munitions by Russia and Georgia in August 2008, Bonnie Docherty, CCW, cluster bombs, cluster munitions, Cluster Munitions Convention, Georgia, Human Rights Watch, humanitarian law, Russia

Laos Ratifies Cluster Munition Convention

• 26 March 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Ireland, Laos, Norway, Sierra Leone, United States of America, Vatican
Tags: civilian casualties, cluster munitions, Cluster Munitions Coalition, Cluster Munitions Convention, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Holy See, Human Rights Watch, Iraq, Ireland, Lao PDR, Laos, Mennonite Central Committee, Plain of Jars, Sierra Leone, Steve Goose, UN, US Information Service, USA, UXO, Vatican, Vietnam War, Xieng Khouang

US National Cluster Munitions Call-In Day

• 19 March 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in United States of America
Tags: cluster munitions, Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act, Cluster Munitions Coalition, Cluster Munitions Convention, FCNL, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Guardian, National Call-in Day, Obama, S. 416, USA

US Bans Export of Nearly All Cluster Munitions!

• 12 March 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in USA, United States of America
Tags: cluster bombs, Cluster Munition Convention, cluster munition export ban, cluster munitions, Cluster Munitions Convention, Human Rights Watch, Iraq, Kosovo, Lebanon, NATO, Obama, omnibus, Steve Goose, US Campaign to Ban Landmines, USA, USCBL, Western Sahara

China’s Landmines and Cluster Munitions Policy

• 12 February 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in China
Tags: Africa, Amended Protocol on Landmines, Angola, Burundi, CCW, Chad, China Defense White Paper, China in Africa, China's National Defense in 2008, China's Role in Africa, cluster munitions, Cluster Munitions Convention, conventional weapons, Darfur, Demining, disarmament, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, explosive remnants of war, Group of Governmental Experts on Cluster Munitions., Guinea-Bissau, Landmine Monitor, landmines, Lebanon, Mozambique, Norway, Ottawa Convention, Peru, Sudan, UNIFIL, USA

Banks Fund Cluster Munitions Production

• 12 February 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in UK
Tags: landmines, UXO, cluster munitions, Netwerk Vlaanderen, War on Want, Banking on Bloodshed, Banks, arms trade, Barclays, HSBC, RBS, Royal Bank of Scotland, Halifax Bank of Scotland, HBOS, Lloyds TSB, GenCorp, Lockheed Martin, Textron, Raytheon, Thales, Cooperative Bank, Bank of America, Bank of New York, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of Nova Scotia, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Scotiabank, ethical investing, socially responsible investing

USCBL: ‘Tell Obama to Ban Landmines and Cluster Munitions’

• 2 February 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Iraq, Kosovo, Laos, United States of America, Vietnam
Tags: Cluster Munition Convention, cluster munitions, landmines, Lynn Bradach, Ottawa Convention, Robert Gates, Travis Bradach-Nall, US Campaign to Ban Landmines, USA, USCBL

HRW: ‘Middle East and North Africa Should Join Cluster Bomb Ban’

• 26 January 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Western Sahara
Tags: cluster bombs, Cluster Munition Convention, cluster munitions, Cluster Munitions Convention, Human Rights Watch, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, North Africa, Sarah Leah Whitson, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Western Sahara