HELP BAN CLUSTER BOMBS NOW! SIGN THE PEOPLE’S TREATY
COMMENTARY ARCHIVES, 15 Nov 2008
The Cluster Munitions Convention’s signing ceremony will take place in Oslo, Norway, from 2-3 December 2008. That is about two weeks to ensure that countries – your country – will be ready to sign the treaty! To keep pressure on governments, sign the People’s Treaty now.
Eleven years ago on 3 December 1997 in Ottawa, Mines Action Canada, in collaboration with campaigners from around the world, launched the first “People’s Treaty.” While inside the conference hall 122 governments signed the historic Mine Ban Treaty banning antipersonnel mines, outside ordinary citizens demonstrated their personal commitment by signing the People’s Treaty. (…)
Anyone can sign the People’s Treaty and everyone should. All signatures count!
http://www.icbl.org/news/cm_peoplestreaty
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