Eighth Meeting of States Parties

• • • President of the Eighth Meeting of States Parties, Mr. Carlos Morales Dávila, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. and Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Nicaragua
  • Vice President of the ICRC, Mr. Gilles Carbonnier;
  • Director of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines – Cluster Munition Coalition (ICBL-CMC), Mr. Hector Guerra.

CCM/MSP/2018/1 – Provisional Agenda

CCM/MSP/2018/4 – Rules of Procedure

Director of the Conference on Disarmament and Conference Support Branch, Ms. Anja Kaspersen, of UNODA in Geneva, was appointed Secretary-General of the 8MSP

Presidents of the last four Meetings of States Parties namely Germany, Netherlands, Costa Rica and Croatia were elected vice-presidents of the 8MSP

CCM/MSP/2018/5 – Convention on Cluster Munitions 8MSP Progress Report – Monitoring progress in implementing the Dubrovnik Action Plan

CCM/MSP/2018/WP.1
Guidelines for the Convention On Cluster Munitions (CCM) Article 3 Extension Requests – Submitted by Bosnia-Herzegovina

CCM/MSP/2018/WP.2
Guidelines for The Convention On Cluster Munitions (CCM) Article 4 Extension Requests – Submitted by Bosnia-Herzegovina

CCM/MSP/2018/WP.3
Establishment of a Process for the Selection of the Presidency of the Convention on Cluster Munitions – Submitted by Germany

CCM/MSP/2018/WP.4
Draft – Article 3 Declaration of Compliance, Submitted by Croatia and Mozambique

Only made available in English

CCM/MSP/2018/3 – Provisional annotated programme of work

Review of the status and operation of the Convention and other matters important for achieving the aims of the Convention:

Coordinators, France and Panama, reported on the progress and challenges in universalization of the Convention

Lao PDR
Netherlands
Canada (EN)
Canada (FR)
Germany
Sri Lanka
France
Nicaragua
Argentina
Costa Rica
Japan
Croatia
Namibia
New Zealand
Peru 
Colombia
Ecuador
Chile
Mexico
Austria
South Sudan
International Committee of the Red Cross
Cluster Munition Coalition
Philippines

Coordinators, Croatia and Mozambique, reported on the status of progress and challenges in the implementation of Article 3 of the Convention

Spain
Botswana
Netherlands
Slovenia
South Africa
Mozambique
Nicaragua
Switzerland
Croatia
Sweden
Bulgaria
Peru
International Committee of the Red Cross
Cluster Munition Coalition

Coordinators, Croatia and Mozambique, presented a Working paper on Declaration of Completion with Article 3 of the Convention on Cluster Munitions which was adopted with no amendments.

Working paper only in English

Coordinators, Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the Netherlands, reported on the progress and challenges in the implementation of Article 4 of the Convention

Lao PDR
Croatia
Germany
Lebanon
Iraq
Colombia
Chile
Nicaragua
Montenegro
Switzerland
China
Norway
Cluster Munition Coalition
Mines Advisory Group
International Committee of the Red Cross

Presentation by CCM Co-coordinator on the General Status and Operation of the Convention, Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the draft Guidelines on the submission of extension requests related to the implementation of Article 3 and 4 obligations.

CCM/MSP/2018/WP.1 Guidelines for the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) Article 3 Extension Requests – Submitted by Bosnia and Herzegovina

CCM/MSP/2018/WP.2 Guidelines for the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) Article 4 Extension Requests – Submitted by Bosnia and Herzegovina

United Kingdom

• Review of the status and operation of the Convention and other matters important for achieving the aims of the Convention continued:(d) Victim assistance
  Coordinators, Ireland and Italy, resumed the session on the implementation of Article 5 of the Convention
  Lao PDR
  Croatia
  Chile
  Italy
  Belgium
  Ecuador
  Lebanon
  Colombia
  Nicaragua
  Sweden
  Japan
  Cluster Munition Coalition
  International Committee of the Red Cross
  Iraq

Coordinators, Australia and Peru, reported on the progress and challenges in the implementation of Article 6 of the Convention

Lao PDR
Japan
European Union
Croatia
Belgium
Sweden
Germany
Netherlands
France
United Kingdom
Italy
Australia
Lebanon
Peru
Ireland
Spain
Zambia
Chad
Colombia
The Gambia
United Nations Inter-Agency Coordination Group on Mine Action
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
International Committee of the Red Cross
Mauritania
Cluster Munition Coalition

Coordinator, Zambia, reported on the progress and challenges in the implementation of Article 7 of the Convention

Japan
Cluster Munition Coalition

Croatia
Cluster Munition Coalition
Netherlands

Coordinator, New Zealand, reported on the progress and challenges in the implementation of Article 9 of the Convention

Lao PDR
Japan
Netherlands
Spain
Ireland
International Committee of the Red Cross
Cluster Munition Coalition
Cuba (Spanish)
Cuba (English)

The ISU-CCM Director presented the 2017 Annual Report and the 2019 ISU work plan and budget

CCM/MSP/2018/6 – Convention on Cluster Munitions Implementation Support Unit – 2017 Annual Report

CCM/MSP/2018/2 – Implementation Support Unit 2019 Work Plan and Budget

Japan
Canada (EN)
Canada (FR)

Adoption by the Meeting of the revised Guidelines on the submission of extension requests related to the implementation of Article 3 and 4 obligations.

• CCM/MSP/2018/WP.1/Rev.1 or Final Report, Annex II
  Guidelines for the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) Article 3 Extension Requests
• CCM/MSP/2018/WP.1/Rev.2 or Final Report, Annex III
  Guidelines for the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) Article 4 Extension Requests