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Global Cluster Munitions Ban Agreed in 2008?
rubian ( Score Rank: #398 based on predictions in the last 30 days ) rubian  |  will close on 31-Dec-2008 (27 days from now)
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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  1. ancienthart ancienthart 140 days ago
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    If the US didn't attend the meeting, then it's hardly a Global Ban, is it?
    Of course, with the change of political climate, there's a chance that the US may decide to sign the final agreement.
  2. black-shoulder black-shoulder 182 days ago
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    From the signs of it, the treaty will be signed by most nations. However, similar to the Kyoto Accord, if the big powers are not signing it, the treaty really has limited use. The world isn't really worried that Iceland will develop weapons of mass destruction (in this case, the cluster bombs), but are concerned that major military powers like the States, Russia, China, India, etc., will continue to develop these weapons.
  3. Canadian Canadian 186 days ago
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    without the support of big military countries, the treaty is just a joke.
  4. rubian rubian 187 days ago
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    despite the absence of US and others, it's just an important step for the global nations.
    1. black-shoulder black-shoulder 181 days ago
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      Rubian, I'm interested in knowing what you feel the impact of a signing among smaller, non-military power, nations would have. Maybe I'm wrong in assuming this, but when big military powers like the US choose not to sign this, then does the ban even have much of a meaning? Would love to hear how the viewpoints are like in the other side of the world. :)
       
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