KAMBALA, Uganda - October 2 - With two months remaining until the international treaty banning cluster bombs is opened for signature in Norway, civil society representatives are calling on all states to announce their intent to sign. All of the 42 African states gathered in Kampala for a regional conference today agreed to an action plan that calls for the earliest possible signature and ratification and 28 made firm commitments to sign on December 3 2008.

WASHINGTON - September 8 - After more than a month off, the Senate is back in DC starting today.  It is currently slated to end this year's work on September 26.  Before Senators leave town, they need to put their names on S. 594, the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act.  The act limits the use, sale, and transfer of cluster munitions that do not meet a 99 percent or higher functioning rate.  It also requires that the weapons be used only against clearly defined military targets, not in areas normally inhabited by civilians or where civilians are known to be present.

GENEVA - September 3 - A network of 250 non-governmental organisations across 70 countries has condemned Georgia's use of cluster munitions, just three months after 107 nations agreed to ban the weapon.

DENVER - August 27 - Representatives of the US Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Bombs are in Denver at the Democratic National Convention speaking to delegates and elected officials about the global treaty to ban cluster bombs that will be opened for signature in Oslo, Norway on December 3, 2008. This will be the first major international treaty to come up following the US elections.