Global Cluster Munitions Ban Agreed in 2008?

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Cluster bombs can be dropped from aircraft or fired in missiles or artillery shells and have been used in conflicts including Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, the Balkans and by Israel in southern Lebanon as recently as 2006. Cluster bombs can cause indiscriminate injury long after a conflict has ended.

On May 28, a draft treaty for a worldwide ban on cluster munitions was adopted on Wednesday although major powers including the United States did not attend the meeting. The Dublin gathering attended by more than 100 nations made the final step towards agreement after a promise from Britain to stop using the devices. Activists have accused the United States of pressing allies such as Britain, Canada, France, Germany and Australia to try to weaken the treaty.

The draft will be submitted to a plenary session on May 30 but approval is now regarded as a formality. Unless any unexpected objections derail the process, the treaty is due to be signed in Oslo in December.

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