Cluster Munition Coalition

The Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC ) is an international coalition of human rights organizations, associations and initiatives against cluster munitions. It is committed to the following requirements:

  • Immediate end to the production, dissemination and use of cluster munitions
  • Improved assistance for those affected by the consequences of the use of these munitions people and regions
  • Implementation of recourse against those responsible for the resulting damages

The Cluster Munition Coalition was founded on 13 November 2003 in The Hague of 85 members from 42 countries. Their number has since grown to 151 members from 48 countries (as of 1 June 2005), including major human rights organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, the Christian peace movement organizations such as Pax Christi and as a representative of the Red Cross the Canadian organization. The country with by far the highest proportion of member organizations is Canada ( 48), followed by the UK (17 ) and the Netherlands (9). In Germany, the German section of Handicap International is a member of the CMC. The global Esperanto movement is by SAT ( Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, German: Anational World Association of Esperanto ) represented in the coalition against stray mines.

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