“THE HOUR HAS COME”. A PRESENTATION AT THE ACCRA UNIVERSALISATION MEETING Accra, Ghana. 28-30 MAY 2012 BY DR ROBERT MTONGA CLUSTER MUNITIONS COALITION.

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Presentation transcript:

“THE HOUR HAS COME”

A PRESENTATION AT THE ACCRA UNIVERSALISATION MEETING Accra, Ghana MAY 2012 BY DR ROBERT MTONGA CLUSTER MUNITIONS COALITION

111 countries have joined | 71 are States Parties | 40 are signatories that need to ratify

GLOBAL HEAD COUNT  35 Producing Countries  70 current stockpilers  Used in 39 Countries or disputed territories  Transfers to 60 Countries, perhaps more?  Billions of “killers” still at large globally

BALL POINT SUMMARY  1/3 CM USED IN AFRICA IN LAST DECADE  ORIGIN:- USSR, USA, UK, FRANCE, CHILE, GREECE  1 Former Producer

FOCUS ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA  PRODUCER :South Africa (Formerly)  STOCKPILERS: Eritrea,Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,Nigeria, South Africa,Sudan, Zimbabwe  AFFECTED: Angola, Tchad Eritrea, Ethiopia Mauritania MZ,DRC,CIV, South Sudan, Sierra leonne,Sudan,Uganda Zambia

Current status of rats/accessions States Parties 1.Botswana, 2. Burkina Faso, 3.Burundi, 4.Cape Verde, 5. Comoros, 6.Côte d’Ivoire, 7.Ghana, 8.Guinea-Bissau, 9.Lesotho, 10.Malawi, 11.Mali, 12.Mauritania, 13.Mozambique, 14.Niger, 15.Senegal, 16.Seychelles, 17Sierra Leone, 18.Swaziland 19.Zambia

Current status of rats/accessions Signatories 1.Angola 2.Benin 3.Cameroun 4.CAR 5.Tchad 6.DRC 7.Djibouti 8.Congo 9.Gambia 10.Somalia 11.Tanzania 12. Guinea 13.Kenya 14.Liberia 15.Madagascar 16.Namibia 17.Nigeria 18.Rwanda 19.S Tome Principe 20.South Africa 21.Uganda 22.Togo

Current status of rats/accessions Non-Signatories 1.Equatorial Guinea 2.Eritrea 3.Ethiopia 4.Gabon 5.Mauritius 6.South Sudan 7.Sudan 8.Zimbabwe

 22/40 REMAINING STATES TO RATIFY IN AFRICA  VERY CLOSE TO UNIV WHOLE OF SSA  FOLLOWING STATES VERY VERY CLOSE TO RATS  Angola, Cameroun, Tchad, Gambia, Nigeria Togo Uganda  Who is next  What can SSA achieve before 3MSP

 Preventive  Make your Children proud!  Strengthens stigma  Leadership  Solidarity affected countries CCM best framework to get assistance to deal with the problem Humanitarian impact outweighs military utility. All countries should join the ban, there is strength in numbers.

 22/40 Ratifications to Accessions  Its easy!  ( For most) it Costs nothing  BECAUSE AFRICA CARES! CCM best framework to get assistance to deal with the problem Humanitarian impact outweighs military utility. All countries should join the ban, there is strength in numbers.

 Adoption( a country, Regional, sub-regional, bilateral)  Make it your cause  Speak out as a nation!  Attend International fora  Involve all ministries/agencies  International cooperation &assistance  Go it long nationally!

THE CMC’S CLARION CALL THE IDEA HAS MATURED! THE HOUR HAS COME ! AFRICA UNITE!