Permanent Mission of France 
to the Conference on Disarmament

Statements

FRENCH STATEMENTS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS

Meeting of the Group of Governmental Experts of the CCW
14-18 January 2008

• General statement by H.E. Ambassador jean-François Dobelle, Permanent Representative of France to the Conference on Disarmament (Geneva, 14 January)

• Statement by H.E. Ambassador Jean-François Dobelle, Permanent Representative of France to the Conference on Disarmament, concerning the clarification of key notions (Geneva, 14 January)

• Statement by H.E. Ambassador Jean-François Dobelle, Permanent Representative of France to the Conference on Disarmament, concerning the use of cluster munitions (Geneva, 15 January)

• Statement by H.E. Ambassador Jean-François Dobelle, Permanent Representative of France to the Conference on Disarmament, concerning the humanitarian aspects (Geneva, 16 January)

• Statement by H.E. Ambassador Jean-François Dobelle, Permanent Representative of France to the Conference on Disarmament, concerning the legal aspects (Geneva, 17 January)

Vienna Conference on Cluster Munitions
5-7 December 2007

• Statment by H.E. Ambassador Jean-François Dobelle, Permanent Representative of France to the Conference on Disarment, during the general debate (Vienna, 5 December 2007)

• Statment by H.E. Ambassador Jean-François Dobelle, Permanent Representative of France to the Conference on Disarment, on the definitions (Vienna, 6 December 2007)

Seminar of the UNIDIR : "The way forward on cluster muntions : humanitarian impact and international responses"
19 September 2007

• Statement by H.E. Ambassador Jean-François Dobelle, Permanent Rrepresentative of France to the Conference on Disarmament

Meeting of the Group of Governmental Experts of the CCW
19-22 June 2007

• General Statement by H.E. Ambassador Jean-François Dobelle, Permanent Representative of France to the Conference on Disarmament (Geneva, 19 June 2007)

• Statement by the French delegation on the technical aspects of cluster munitions (Geneva, June 19th 2007)

• Statement by H.E. Ambassador Jean-François Dobelle, Permanent Representative of France to the Conference on Disarmament, on the legal aspects (Geneva, 20 June 2007)

• Statement by H.E. Ambassador Jean-François Dobelle, Permanent Representative of France to the Conference on Disarmament, on the definition of cluster munitions (Geneva, 20 June 2007)

• Statement by the French delegation on the cluster munitions in use in the French army (Geneva, 21 June 2007)

• Final Statement by H.E. Ambassador Jean-François Dobelle, Permanent Representative of France to the Conference on Disarmament (Geneva, 22 June 2007)

Lima Conference on Cluster Munitions
22-25 May 2007

• General statement by the French delegation (Lima, 22 May 2007)

• Statement by the French delegation concerning the clearance (Lima, 23 May 2007)

• Statement by the French delegation on the definition of cluster munitions (Lima, 24 May 2007)

• Statement by the French delegation on the destruction of stockpliles (Lima, 24 May 2007)

• Final statement by the French delegation (Lima 25 May 2005)

FRENCH DOCUMENTS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS

• Discussion paper presented by France at the Wellington conference on cluster munitions, entitled "Scope, definition, review clause", 18-22 February 2008

• Discussion paper presented by France and Germany at the Wellington conference on cluster munitions, entitled "Clearance, removal or destruction of explosive remnants of cluster munitions", 18-22 February 2008

• Discussion paper presented by Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom at the Wellington conference on cluster munitions, on the issue of inter-operability, 18-22 February 2008

• Working paper on definitions presented during the 2008 First session of the CCW-GGE, 16 January 2008)

• French non paper on cluster munitions, 19 April 2007