Summit for the abolishment of cluster bombs

July 7, 2009 · Posted in Blogroll, Uncategorized

UPI reports on a large-scale summit in Berlin with representatives from more than 80 countries, with the aim of abolishing cluster munitions:

Germany had become the 11th country to ratify the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which was adopted in December 2008. The German Defense Ministry said it would destroy its remaining bombs by 2015 — quicker than the treaty demands.

So far, 98 countries have signed the document, but 30 countries need to ratify before it comes into effect.

Erler said he was confident that the 30 ratifications would be reached in 2010 by the latest. But without the biggest owners of stockpiles on board, plans remain plans.

Some of the biggest military powers, however, including the United States, Russia, China, Israel and India, stayed away from the conference.

Tags: cluster munitions

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One Response to “Summit for the abolishment of cluster bombs”

analog on July 7th, 2009 3:24 pm

Gee, my guess is that most countries that signed on to this are the ones that do not have cluster munitions. I personally think they are very effective and have no problem using them, especially if the bad guys park all their vehicles or aircraft close to each other.;)