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).

Signing of Convention on Cluster Munitions in Oslo

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will host the signing – by states from all over the world – of the Convention on Cluster Munitions. The signing will take place in Oslo, December 3-4, 2008.

Webcast from the Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions

Norway has taken the initiative for an international ban on cluster munitions, which for more than 40 years have caused unacceptable human suffering during and after conflicts throughout the world. Watch the webcast of Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre's February 22 statement at the Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions here.

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 December 3, 2008.

Norway wins recognition for ban on cluster munitions

Signing of Convention on Cluster Munitions in Oslo

Webcast from the Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions

International ban on cluster munitions

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