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Statements By The United States

Meeting of States Parties - November 2008


November 13
Statement on the work of the Group of Governmental Expert (GGE)

November 13
Opening Statement by Stephen Mathias, Head of the U.S. Delegation

Group of Governmental Expert (GGE) - November 2008

November 7
U.S. delegation statement on proposed changes by group of 25

November 6
Points on humanitarian benefit of draft protocol

November 3
Opening Statement by Stephen Mathias, Head of the U.S. Delegation

3rd Session
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