Cluster Bomb Ban Comes Into Force
Sunday, 01 August 2010 07:48

'A worldwide treaty banning the use of cluster bombs has come into force to become binding international law in countries that have signed and ratified it. The Convention on Cluster Munitions bans the production, use, stockpiling, and transfer of cluster weapons after it was adopted at a conference in Ireland in 2008.
The Convention has been signed by 108 countries and has been ratified by 38 states. Britain, Germany, and France are among the signatories. However, the US, Israel, China, and Russia, which are thought to account for the huge bulk of the estimated one billion bomblet global stockpile, have rejected the treaty so far.'
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