Nations gather to ban all cluster munitions
21/5/08
UN chief Ban Ki-moon called yesterday for a “visionary” global deal to ban cluster bombs, as delegates from more than 100 countries opened a conference here aimed at outlawing the weapons. The 12-day talks in Dublin aim for an international pact to stop the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of all cluster munitions among signatories. Ireland’s Foreign Minister Micheal Martin said: “Together, we owe it to the survivors of cluster munitions to ease their pain and give them hope. We owe it to humanity to ensure there will be no more innocent civilian victims of cluster munitions.”
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23731032-31477,00.html
Tags: Arms, Global, Human Rights, UN