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Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW)

  • UN to Probe Syria Chemical Arms Claims
    Arms Control Today
    April 2, 2013

    Responding to a request from the Syrian government, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is preparing to conduct an investigation into claims of chemical weapons use in Syria.
  • Cluster Munitions Protocol Fails
    Arms Control Today
    December 2, 2011

    Unable to bridge their differences over a cluster munitions protocol, states-parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) did not adopt the controversial provision and ended their Nov. 14-25 review conference badly divided over it.
  • Letter to the Editor: Time to Step Up on Banning Cluster Munitions
    Arms Control Today
    November 2, 2011

    It should come as no surprise that participants in the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) failed to agree on a draft protocol on cluster munitions during a recent meeting in Geneva (“Cluster Bomb Protocol’s Status Uncertain,” October 2011).
  • Cluster Bomb Protocol's Status Uncertain
    Arms Control Today
    September 30, 2011

    States-parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) failed to reconcile disputes over key elements of a draft protocol on cluster munitions during an Aug. 22-26 preparatory session in Geneva, diminishing the likelihood of a final agreement emerging from the CCW’s fourth review conference, scheduled to be held in Geneva Nov. 14-25.
  • Letter to the Editor: Cluster Munitions and the CCW: Is There a Happy Ending?
    Arms Control Today
    April 4, 2011
  • Cluster Negotiations Again Extended
    Arms Control Today
    January 10, 2011

    The parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons were unable to reach agreement on a new protocol addressing cluster munitions, but they committed to continue the mandate to do so.
  • U.S. Incendiary-Weapons Policy Rebuffed
    Arms Control Today
    March 31, 2010

    In a rare step, 17 European countries objected in February to conditions the United States put on its decision to be bound by an international arms control protocol.
  • Work on Cluster Munitions Extended Again
    Arms Control Today
    December 4, 2009

    In what has now become an annual occurrence, delegates to a meeting of states-parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) agreed in November to continue work on proposals specifically addressing cluster munitions after failing to reach consensus during the past year. Meanwhile, a different treaty on the weapons grew closer to the number of ratifying states needed for its entry into force, drawing into question the role of future CCW efforts on the topic.
  • CCW Extends Work on Clusters Protocol
    Arms Control Today
    May 8, 2009
  • Treaty ANALYSIS: The Convention on Cluster Munitions
    Arms Control Today
    December 4, 2008