Statement made on 27 November 2008 by Senator Elizabeth Hubley
Hon. Elizabeth Hubley:
Honourable senators, on May 30, 2008, 107 participating states at the Dublin conference on cluster munitions agreed to adopt the text of the new Convention on Cluster Munitions. By doing so, they fulfilled their commitment made in the Oslo Declaration in February 2007, to:
Conclude by 2008 a legally binding international instrument that prohibits the use and stockpiling of cluster munitions that cause unacceptable harm to civilians and secure adequate provision of care and rehabilitation to survivors and clearance of contaminated areas.
The new convention will be opened for signature at a signing conference in Oslo on December 3, 2008. Who will Canada send as members of the delegation for the signing of this new convention?
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