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Statements By The United States

3rd Session of the Group of
Governmental Experts (GGE)- July 2008

July 25
Closing Statement by the U.S. Delegation

July 23
U.S. Delegation Intervention in Support of Article 3 on International Humanitarian Law

July 18
United States Seeks New Agreement on Cluster Munitions
(America.gov article)

July 15
United States Intervention on Technical Improvements

July 9
Department of Defense Releases New Cluster Munitions Policy (Press Release)

July 7
U.S. Statement on International Humanitarian Law

July 7
Opening Statement by Stephen Mathias, Head of U.S. Delegation to the CCW-GGE Meetings

Related Intersessional Documents

February 15, 2008
White Paper: Putting the Impact of Cluster Munitions In Context with the Effects of All Explosive Remnants of War

Group of Governmental Experts - January 2008

January 18
Closing Statement by Stephen Mathias Head of the U.S delegation to the CCW-GGE

January 17
U.S. Statement by Stephen Mathias on the Central Challenge of the CCW-GGE Negotiations

January 16
U.S. Statement on Humanitarians Aspects of Cluster Munitions Delivered by Katherine Baker, Member of the U.S. Delegation to the CCW-GGE

January 14
U.S. Statement by Stephen Mathias,
Head of Delegation to the Meetings of the Group of Governmental Experts of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW-GGE)

Group of Governmental Experts - June 2007

June 20
Power Point Presentation - Designing Self Destructive Fuzes

June 18
Fact Sheet - United States Clearance of Unexploded Cluster Munitions

Third Review Conference - November 2006

November 17
Closing Statement by Ronald J. Bettauer
Head of the U.S. Delegation to the CCW Review Conference

November 16
Declaration on Anti-Vehicle Mines

November 7
Opening Statement by the U.S. Delegation

November 3
Media Note - the Third Review Conference of the Convention on Conventional Weapons

November 6
Fact Sheet - The Case for New Restrictions on the Use of Anti-Vehicle Mines