ISS Panel Discussion, Pretoria Office: Cluster Munitions Convention 48 hours Before its Entry Into Force

Date: 2010-07-30

Venue: Institute for Security Studies, Block C Brooklyn Court, 361 Veale Street, Brooklyn

RSVP: by 23 July 2010: Ms Gugu Dube
Tel: (012) 346 9500
Fax: (012) 346 4569

Hosted by and the ISS Arms Management Programme and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

The Convention on Cluster Munitions is the most significant international disarmament treaty since the 1997 Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. The Convention was adopted by 107 states on 30 May 2008 in Dublin and signed on 3 December 2008 in Oslo, Norway. The convention will become binding international law on 1 August 2010.

Speakers:
Mr Christopher Black, Regional Legal Adviser, ICRC
Ms Chwane Mthethwa, Department of International Relations and Cooperation
Ms Gugu Dube, Arms Management Programme

Event Time: 11h00 – 11h30 Arrival & Registration
11h30 – 12h30 Briefing Session
(Including Questions & Answers)

12h30 - Media Interviews
(Representatives from The Royal Norwegian Embassy, UNDP
& Speakers will be available)

13h00 - Light lunch will be served