As of 16th March 2011, 108 states have signed the Convention and 56 have ratified it.
During the first meeting of signatory countries in November 2010 they adopted the Vientiane Declaration committing to an action plan to accelerate efforts to destroy stockpiles, clear contaminated lands, and enhance assistance to victims consisting of 66 obligations to be achieved over the next 5 years, These include identification of affected areas, the development of an action plan, and the launching of initial steps towards remediating the impact of cluster munitions.
The Convention commits signatory countries to destroy all stockpiles of cluster munitions under their jurisdiction and control as soon as possible but no later than eight years after the Convention enters into force for the State Party. As of August 1, 2010, 8 out of the 30 first States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions with stockpiles are due to destroy them by August 2018. These countries are Bosnia, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Slovenia and the United Kingdom.
By way of an example, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom are in the process of destroying their stockpiles which represent more than 115 million of submunitions.
Countries which have completed the destruction of their stockpiles: Argentina, Belgium, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway and Spain (States parties); Afghanistan, Angola, Australia, Colombia, Honduras, Portugal, Uganda (Signatory States); Argentina (non signatory).
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108 Signatories as of March 02, 2011:
Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Belgium,Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo-Brazzaville, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, France, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Hungary, Islands Cook, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, New Zealand, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Rwanda, San Marino, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Salvador, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Zambia. Underlined countries are contaminated by submunitions.
Including 56 States that have ratified the treaty as of March 02, 2011:
Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chile, Comoros, Croatia, Denmark, El Salvador, Ecuador, Fiji, France, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Holy See, Ireland, Japan, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia FYR, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Norway, Panama, Portugal, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Spain, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Zambia
