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Convention on the brink of 30th ratification
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Cluster Munition Coalition, 11 Jan 2010.

Conventional ArmsTwo new ratifications have put the Convention on Cluster Munitions on the brink of entering into force. Just four more ratifications are now needed for the Convention to reach the threshold of 30 required for entry into force six months later.

On 22 December both New Zealand and Belgium deposited their ratification instruments, making them the 25th and 26th countries respectively to ratify the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Ambassador Jim McLay, New Zealand’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) in New York, deposited his government’s ratification instrument on 22 December. Later that same day, H.E. Mr. Thomas Lambert, Belgium’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN in New York deposited his government’s ratification instrument.

On the other hand, Cameroon became the 104th country to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions on 15 December 2009. H. E. Mr. Michel Tommo Monthe Ambassador of Cameroon to the United Nations signed on its behalf.

Cameroon participated in the Oslo Process to ban cluster munitions including during the negotiations in Dublin in May 2008 where it adopted the Convention. Although Cameroon participated in the signing conference in Oslo, Norway in December 2008, it was not able to sign the Convention at that stage. African nations strongly supported a ban on cluster munitions throughout the treaty negotiations, and with Cameroon’s signature there are now 37 African nations onboard the ban.

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