Eradicating weapons that keep on killing

During the five week conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006, up to 4 million cluster munitions fell on Lebanon. Hundreds of thousands of them failed to explode on impact, contaminating huge swathes of the country and killing hundreds of civilians long after the fighting had stopped.

Over several decades, cluster munitions have killed and maimed tens of thousands of people in war-torn countries around the world.

With billions of inaccurate and unreliable cluster munitions in stockpiles around the world, this problem has the potential to become far worse than it is today. To prevent this, the ICRC is calling on States to urgently conclude a new treaty that will prohibit inaccurate and unreliable cluster munitions, require the elimination of current stocks, and provide for the clearance of unexploded cluster munitions and assistance to victims.

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[shoufimafi64]

Dear Mr Herby,

Thank you for reminding us that weapons kill years beyond the end of the conflict.

And this is why some of these weapons are not allowed by the Geneva convention.

Lucky people like you exist in this savage world.

[shoufimafi64]

And then they tell us that Israel wants peace???