CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND

C O N F I D E N T I A L BERN 000618 SIPDIS DEPT FOR ISN/WRA (K.BAKER;SMORIMOTO),EUR/RPM, AND EUR/CE (Y.SAINT-ANDRE) E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/03/2018 TAGS: PARM NATO MOPS PREL SZ SUBJECT: CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND INTEROPERABILITY REF: A. STATE 125512 ¶B. BERN 238 Classified By: POL/E Counselor Richard Rorvig; reasons 1.4(b) and (d). ¶1. (SBU) Poloff discussed message in reftel A on December 1 with Daniel Klingele, Head of the Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA). Klingele reported that FM Calmy-Rey would travel to Oslo to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) for Switzerland on December 3. Poloff noted the USG's appreciation for the inclusion of Article 21 in the Convention text, underlining that we especially appreciated the GOS's helpful role in that regard in its capacity as "Friend of the Chair" for interoperability during the Dublin meeting (reftel B). ¶2. (C) Klingele reiterated that Switzerland views Article 21 as allowing for international military cooperation and operations involving states that have signed the CCM and those that have not. His comments indicated that the GOS analysis of Article 21 has not been elaborated beyond this basic premise. Klingele noted that the MOD, which has cluster munitions in its inventory, is developing its CCM implementation plan for presentation to the Swiss Parliament. CONEWAY