A new international coalition dealing with the serious humanitarian impact of cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war (ERW) was launched on 13 November 2003 in The Hague, the Netherlands by eighty-five member organisations from forty-two countries from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

The Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) has a 3-point call to governments which includes:

1. No use, production or trade of cluster munitions until the humanitarian problems associated with the weapons have been resolved;

2. Increased resources for assistance to communities and individuals affected by unexploded cluster munitions and all other explosive remnants of war; and

3. Users of cluster munitions and other munitions that become ERW accept special responsibility for clearance, warnings and markings, risk education, provision of information and victim assistance.