The Convention on Cluster Munitions: time to Act

Cluster munitions have been a persistent problem for decades. These weapons have killed or injured tens of thousands of civilians in war-affected countries. In May 2008, more than 100 States adopted the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which prohibits the use, development, production, stockpiling and transfer of such munitions. It also requires States Parties to destroy their stockpiles, clear remnants, and assist victims. This DVD provides an overview of the cluster munitions problem, the main provisions of the Convention and the steps required to meet its commitments. http://www.icrc.org

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[BrandNewToYou]

@jasong19711 the only way to police it, is by war. Interesting question for sure though ...hmmm

[gladio4ever]

Its a joke!

Only really stupid and unusually ideologically and unrealistic people actually believe that this will make ANY difference. Whatsoever.

The fact is that this will change absolutely nothing because NONE of the major players have signed it. This is both in regards to production, sale, storage, deployment and not least in the use of clusterbombs.

as a matter of fact then the ONLY major nation to have ratified it is United Kingdom - Russia, China, USA, Israel, Brazil have not...

[jasong19711]

Why not make war illegal?

[shillyshallyz]

" The path to Oslo is also traced through the mountains and the rice paddies of south-east Asia where several hundred million sub-munitions were dropped and many tens of millions remain today. "

" This path runs through the lives of civilians in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam who have lived with the threat of unexploded sub-munitions for four decades. "

Jakob Kellenberger

International Red Cross

[shillyshallyz]

Between 1964 and 1973, the U.S. military dropped in Laos more than 2 million tons of explosive ordnance, including an estimated 260 million cluster munitions.

This is more bombs than fell on Europe during World War Two.

Imagine growing up in a country where the equivalent of a B52 planeload of cluster bombs was dropped every eight minutes continuously for nine years. And seeing your children and grandchildren being killed and maimed by the same bombs, three decades after the war is over...