Cluster Munitions :
Towards a New International Treaty

Speakers:

Ambassador Jürg Streuli
Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the Conference on Disarmament : Swiss Position on Cluster Munitions

Mr Paul Vermeulen
Director, Handicap International, Switzerland :
Cluster Munitions : Next Humanitarian Crisis or the Next Multilateral Success Story ?

The Roud Table will be introduced
by Prof. Philippe Burrin, Director HEI

The Q & A will be moderated
by Guy Mettan, Director Geneva Press Club

Thursday 29 March 2007
at 9.30 a.m.

GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Auditorium Jacques Freymond
132, rue de Lausanne - 1202 Genève

Last February, a group of States - recognising the grave consequences caused by the use of cluster munitions and the need for immediate action - committed themselves to conclude by 2008 a legally binding international instrument that will prohibit the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions and establish a framework for cooperation and assistance that will ensure adequate provision of care and rehabilitation to survivors and their communities.

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