Statements and press releases by the United Nations Secretary-General and other UN officials
2009
7 November 2009 
The Secretary-General's Message to Religions For Peace Global Youth Campaing on Disarmament for Shared Security
San Jose (Costa Rica), 7 November 2009
21 October 2009
UN Special Event on CCM:
Opening remarks by Mr. Jordan Ryan, Assistant Administrator of UNDP and BCPR Director
Opening remarks by Mr. Sergio Duarte, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
18 March 2009
UN special event on the convention on cluster munition: 18 March 2009
Message from the Deputy-Secretary General
2008
Oslo Signing Conference of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, Oslo, Norway, 2-4 December 2008
The message from the Secretary-General
United Nations Mine Action Team press release
Background Paper on the Convention and the problem of cluster munitions
Statement by Mr. Philip O'Brien, Director, Private Fundraising and Partnerships, UNICEF
Statement by Ms. Catherine Bragg, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator. OCHA
Address by Ms. Kathleen Cravero, Assistant Administrator and Director of Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, United Nations Development Programme. UNDP
Diplomatic Conference for the Adoption of a Convention on Cluster Munitions Dublin 19-30 May 2008. The Convention, agreed by 110 States at a diplomatic conference in Dublin, prohibits the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of these weapons. It commits States to the clearance of areas contaminated with unexploded cluster munitions and to the provision of assistance for victims and their communities.
Address to the Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions, Dublin 19 may 2008 by Mr. Ad Melkert, UN Under-Secretary General and Associate Administrator, UNDP on behalf of the UN Mine Action Team.
UNMAT Statement related to Interoperability, Dublin 20 May 2008 addressed by John Flanagan.
Wellington Conference on Cluster Munitions 18-22 February 2008 Opening address on behalf of the United Nations Mine Action Team delivered by Ms. Hilde Frafjord Johnson, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF
2007
Statement by the United Nations Mine Action Team (UNMAT) to the Group of Governmental Experts of States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), June 2007, Geneva
UNMAT statement on humanitarian impact of cluster munitions at the CCW Group of Governmental Experts, June 2007, Geneva
UNMAT statement on legal issues concerning cluster munitions to the CCW Group of Governmental Experts, June 2007, Geneva
UN statement regarding the definition of cluster munitions at the Conference on Cluster Munitions, May 2007, Lima
UN statement regarding international assistance and cooperation at the Conference on Cluster Munitions, May 2007, Lima
UNMAT statement regarding the clearance of cluster munitions at the Conference on Cluster Munitions, May 2007, Lima
UNMAT statement regarding cluster munitions stockpile destruction at the Conference on Cluster Munitions, May 2007, Lima
Message from the Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Marie Gučhenno, at the opening of the meeting of mine action national directors and UN advisers, May 2007, Geneva
Message from the Secretary-General on Mine Awareness Day: Experts to eliminate impact of cluster munitions on civilians (UN document SG/SM/10933)
Statement from the Secretary-General: Envisioning ban of cluster munitions by 2008 (UN document SG/SM/10887)
United Nations Development Programme: Intervention at the Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions (2007)
2006
Kofi Annan calls for immediate action to curb use of cluster bombs
Message of the Secretary-General to the Third Conference of the CCW, calling for regulation on the use of cluster munitions, November 2006, Geneva (UN document SG/SM/10720)
UN News Center: "Israel's 'immoral use of cluster bombs in Lebanon poses major threat"
UN radio broadcast: "UN Humanitarian Chief demands immediate freeze on use of cluster bombs"
UN video broadcast: Report by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs on the danger and humanitarian challenge presented by cluster bombs in Lebanon
2005
Group of Governmental Experts of the States Parties to CCW: Proposed definitions for cluster munitions and sub-munitions, prepared by UNMAS, UNDP, and UNICEF (2005)
Kofi Annan calls on CCW meeting to consider cluster munitions (UN document SG/SM/10230)
Statement by UNMAS, UNDP and UNICEF to the CCW Group of Governmental Experts, calling for regulations to limit the use of cluster munitions, March 2005, Geneva
2003
The Inter Agency Standing Committee calls for a freeze on the use of cluster munitions at a meeting of the CCW State Parties, November 2003, Geneva