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For over 40 years cluster bombs have killed and injured civilians during and after conflict.

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Disinvestment Campaign Update

Posted: 03 February 2010

The disinvestment campaign update gives an overview of all activities related to the Stop Explosive Investments campaign since the launch on 29 October 2009.

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3 more states take action to ban investments

Posted: 16 December 2009

This week saw three countries take concrete steps in banning investment in producers of indiscriminate weapons that continue to injure and kill civilians.  On 8 December, the Dutch Parliament accepted a motion that prohibits investment in cluster munitions.

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Short film on disinvestment campaign launch

Posted: 06 November 2009

News iconCluster bombs are banned under the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions, but 138 banks and other financial institutions are still investing over $20 billion USD in the producers of these indiscriminate weapons. Activists paid a visit to 2 of the top banks investing in cluster bombs in the UK, Barclays and HSBC, to call on them to disinvest.

Film by Chris Anderson

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CMC launches global campaign to clamp down on banks funding cluster bomb producers

Posted: 29 October 2009

Today in London, campaigners launched the CMC’s ‘Stop explosive investments’ campaign to promote disinvestment from cluster bomb producers.

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Press release: campaign calls on governments to stop funding production of cluster bombs

Posted: 29 October 2009

(London, 29 October 2009) Almost one year on from the historic signing of the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Oslo in December 2008, campaigners have today launched a call on governments to stem the flow of money to producers of these indiscriminate weapons. The new CMC campaign is entitled ‘stop explosive investments’.

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