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Cluster Munitions

Posted 30 March 2010 by David Miliband  |  2 comments
On Thursday, parliament passed a bill banning the use, production and stockpiling of cluster munitions in the UK. This step brings us a bit closer to an eventual global ban on these devastating weapons.

104 countries have already signed up. Our priority now is to get others to join them. This is an important issue - cluster munitions can cause high rates of civilian casualties whenever they are used, and unexploded ordinance can present a hazard for decades to come - cluster bombs are still causing casualties in Vietnam 40 years after they were used.



David Miliband
30 March 2010
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>> That is a very impressive action by British Parliament. The other countries must also follow this...<<
Abu Sultan, bangladesh
30 March 2010

>> Sir, excellent effort by UK government to free this planet from lethal weapons. Weapons are lethal...<<
Prabhat Misra, District Savings Officer, Etawah, U.P., India
31 March 2010

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Cluster munitions

Posted 02 June 2008 by David Miliband  |  7 comments
It was nice to be able to join Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Store in person in Oslo on 29 May to congratulate him on his initiative that eventually brought together 109 countries in Dublin to agree a treaty banning cluster munitions. As he said at our press conference on 30 May it sets a new "norm" for the world - and should do so. The United Kingdom has always argued it would sign a good treaty and the detailed work on definitions and interoperability issues made the difference over the last week. Like the anti-personnel mine ban convention of 1997 this treaty should set a new global standard.

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02 June 2008
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>> David, I think to use the word 'nice' to describe a step on the road to banning these obscene...<<
Robert
02 June 2008

>> Ethical foreign policy in action. Keep up the good work!...<<
Mark Downing
02 June 2008

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