DFA Hosts Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on the CCM
PHOTO: The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), in partnership with the Implementation Support Unit of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (ISU-CCM) and the sponsorship of the Government of New Zealand, hosted the representatives from the States Parties, non-State Parties and organizations dedicated to the promotion of the ratification of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) for the two-day workshop entitled “Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on the Convention on Cluster Munitions,” on 18 June 2019 at the DFA.
The CCM is a legally binding international treaty that seeks to eliminate the harmful effects caused by cluster munitions through a comprehensive prohibition of their use, production, stockpiling and transfer. The Philippines ratified the CCM on 03 January 2019 and is the latest State Party to the Convention. (DFA photo)
Current President of the 9th Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador Aliyar Lebbe Abdul Azeez (rightmost), addresses the participants during the first day of the Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on the CCM. Also in the photo are (from left) ISU-CCM Director Shiela Mweemba, Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for United Nations and International Organizations Noralyn Jubaira-Baja, and Deputy Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations in Geneva Charlotte Skerten. (DFA photo)