Banning Cluster Munitions: Government Policy and Practice

Abbreviations and Acronyms

CBU

cluster bomb unit

CCM

2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions

CCW

1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons

CD

Conference on Disarmament

CMC

Cluster Munition Coalition

DPICM

dual purpose improved conventional munition

ERW

explosive remnants of war

GGE

CCW Group of Governmental Experts

HRW

Human Rights Watch

ICBL

International Campaign to Ban Landmines

ICRC

International Committee of the Red Cross

LM

Landmine Monitor

NGO

non-governmental organization

NSAG

non-state armed group

UN

United Nations

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UXO

unexploded ordnance

WILPF

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom