Norway wins recognition for ban on cluster munitions

Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jonas Gahr Støre, and Ministry official Steffen Kongstad, who led the negotiations on the cluster munitions ban, have been voted persons of the year by the prominent disarmament organisation Arms Control Association (ACA).

Landmark treaty to ban cluster munition signed in Oslo

Ninety two states signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions - which bans the production, stockpiling, use and export of cluster bombs during a ceremony in Oslo on December 3. Russia, China and Slovakia have refused to sign, Amnesty International reported.

International ban on cluster munitions

After two weeks of negotiations, 111 states agreed on a historic ban on cluster munitions. The international convention is to be signed in Oslo on 3 December 2008.

Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions

For more than 40 years, the use of cluster munitions has been the cause of unacceptable human suffering during and after conflicts throughout the world. The Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions, 22-23 February 2007 will be the first step in a process that could lead to an international ban on cluster munitions that causes unacceptable human suffering.

The Ban Bus is an eight-week road tour through Europe to build public and media awareness in support for the cluster bomb ban. The ultimate goal of this initiative is to convince as many European states as possible to join the Convention on Cluster Munitions when it is opened for signature on 3 December 2008 in Oslo, Norway. The Ban Bus and its crew made a three-day stop in Bratislava over the...

Live video from the "Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions"

On 22 – 23 February, more than 45 states, UN bodies and agencies, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Cluster Munitions Coalition, will come together in Oslo to discuss realistic and effective measures to for an international ban on cluster munitions that causes unacceptable human suffering. The Conference will be opened by Norway Foreign Minister, Mr Jonas Gahr Støre.

Norway wins recognition for ban on cluster munitions

Landmark treaty to ban cluster munition signed in Oslo

International ban on cluster munitions

Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions

The Ban Bus made a stop in Slovakia

Live video from the "Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions"

The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Bratislava