Random Quotes

“Our lives were finished, we had given up hope and were going to abandon our fields. But your seed, tillers, diesel and fertiliser came along and helped us to plant.”

— Burmese farmer thanking CWS partners through ACT International for Cyclone Nargis relief

Resources

Conflict
Alertnet provides news, information and analysis for everyone interested in emergency relief.
www.alertnet.org

The Ecumenical Campaign for a Strong and Effective Arms Trade Treaty is organising support for a strong UN treaty based on human rights and International Humanitarian Law.

Peace Movement Aotearoa is the national networking organisation in Aotearoa New Zealand for people interested in peace, social justice and human rights
www.converge.org.nz/pma/wpapua.htm

Cluster Bombs CWS is a member of the Aotearoa New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition.  Stop Cluster Munitions, the CMC is a network of around 200 civil society organisations, including NGOs, faith-based groups and professional organisations. It includes global organisations like Handicap International, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and Human Rights Watch, as well as national-based organisations such as the Lebanon Landmine Resource Centre, Protection in Egypt and the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society.

CWS is a member of the New Zealand Campaign against Landmines advocates for a strong Mine Ban Treaty (1997).