Global move to ban cluster bombs - 19 May 2008

Cluster bombs have killed and maimed thousands of civilians across the world. Now there’s a global move to ban their use.

Delegates from more than 100 countries have gathered in Dublin to try to secure an anti-cluster munitions treaty.

However, perhaps more notable are those not attending, including the United States, China and Russia … the world’s biggest producers of cluster bombs.

The US instead wants non-binding guidelines on the use of the weapon, as Anand Naidoo reports.

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