Cluster Munitions Coalition
The Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) is an international alliance of human rights organizations, associations and initiatives against cluster munitions . She advocates the following demands:
- Immediate end to the production, distribution and use of cluster munitions
- Improved aid for the people and regions affected by the consequences of the use of these ammunition
- Implementation of recourse claims against those who caused the consequential damage
The Cluster Munition Coalition was founded on November 13, 2003 in The Hague by 85 members from 42 countries. Since then, the number has grown to 151 members from 48 countries (as of June 1, 2005), including large human rights organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch , organizations of the Christian peace movement such as Pax Christi and, as a representative of the Red Cross, its Canadian organization. The country with by far the highest proportion of member organizations is Canada (48), followed by Great Britain (17) and the Netherlands (9). In Germany, the German section of Handicap International belongs to the CMC. The worldwide Esperanto movement is represented by SAT (Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, German: Anational World Association of Esperantists) in the coalition against cluster mines. In addition to the aforementioned organizations, 164 states (as of 2018) have also joined the alliance.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Press release from Handicap International Germany on the establishment of the CMC (PDF, 14.8 kB) ( Memento of October 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Treaty Status (2018) icbl.org ( Memento from June 30, 2018 in the Internet Archive )