Global public outcry at plans to allow use of cluster bombs

On November 14, 2011, in blog posts, by admin

Global public outcry at plans to allow use of cluster bombs States urged to keep their word to ban the weapon   Geneva, 14 November 2011: Governments should support the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions and not create a new contrary international law permitting use of these weapons said the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) today, [...]

How far away is ‘a long way away’?

On November 12, 2011, in blog posts, by admin

  How far away is ‘a long way away’?   This week has seen substantial activity on cluster munitions in the UK and acute scrutiny of the government’s approach to the negotiations on a lower standard of international law that the US is seeking to force through at the UN in Geneva next week. A [...]

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