Cluster Bomb Ban Takes Effect

U.S. And Major Powers Urged To Join Cluster Munitions Pact -- Reuters

GENEVA (Reuters) - Activists called on the United States and other major powers on Thursday to join a global treaty banning cluster munitions that goes into force on August 1.

Dropped from aircraft or fired from artillery or rockets, the weapons scatter bomblets over a wide area, but have limited military impact today as they were designed to attack tanks on an open battlefield, an increasingly rare scenario, they said.

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Japan banks ban financing cluster arms -- AFP
Survivors and activists hail cluster bomb ban -- Reuters

Cluster Bomb Treaty To Take Force This Year

A cluster bomb on display at the Spreewerk ISL Integrated Solutions weapons decommissioning facility near Luebben, Germany. Enough countries have now ratified the international convention banning cluster munitions meaning the convention will now become law. (John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images)

Cluster Bomb Treaty Reaches Ratification, UN Says -- BBC

An international treaty banning cluster bombs will enter into force in August after it was ratified by a 30th country, the UN says.

Burkina Faso and Moldova became the latest states to ratify the treaty.

The convention bans the production and use of cluster munitions and obliges states to compensate victims.

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More News On The Cluster Bomb Treaty

Cluster bomb treaty set to come into force -- Irish Times
Cluster munitions treaty to enter force this year -- Reuters
Cluster bomb ban to enter into force on Aug. 1 -- AP
UN bans use of cluster bombs -- Scotsman
Cluster bombs banned -- IRIN
Cluster-bomb ban enters into force on August 1 - Summary -- Earth Times
Germany - Federal Minister Westerwelle: ban on cluster munitions shows progress on disarmament is feasible -- ISRIA
Cluster Bomb Ban, One Step Closer -- Epoch Times
Cluster Bomb Ban to Become Law – Without U.S. -- IPS News