Serbia sits out cluster bomb convention signing

Even though Serbia actively participated in drafting a convention outlawing the use of cluster bombs in May, it has yet to sign the convention.

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Even though Serbia actively participated in drafting a convention outlawing the use of cluster bombs in May, it has yet to sign the convention. The Defense Ministry stated that all information regarding the convention had been sent to the Foreign Ministry, adding that Serbia’s final position on the cluster bomb ban would be adopted by the National Security Council. Serbia sits out cluster bomb convention signing A conference is being held in Oslo today where the International Committee of the Red Cross has offered participants to sign the convention banning the use of cluster bombs. The convention was signed by the host country, Norway. The second country to sign was Laos, where American jets dropped 260 million cluster bombs between 1964 and 1973. More than 100 countries attended the conference. The signing, however, was not attended by the largest producers of cluster bombs, the U.S., Russia and China. India, Israel and Pakistan were other notable abstainers. The draft convention bans the use, production, storage and sale of cluster bombs, and the document obliges signatories to destroy all of their supplies in the next eight years, clean contaminated regions, and help the victims of cluster bomb attacks. As one of the 20 countries where cluster bombs have been used—during the conflicts of the 1990s—Serbia has actively participated in the process of drafting the convention. The draft was approved by 107 countries, including Serbia, at a conference in Dublin in May. According to figures from Handicap International, 100,000 people have either died or been injured by cluster bombs since 1965, 98 percent of whom were civilians and more than one-quarter of whom were children.

Serbia sits out cluster bomb convention signing

A conference is being held in Oslo today where the International Committee of the Red Cross has offered participants to sign the convention banning the use of cluster bombs.

The convention was signed by the host country, Norway. The second country to sign was Laos, where American jets dropped 260 million cluster bombs between 1964 and 1973.

More than 100 countries attended the conference. The signing, however, was not attended by the largest producers of cluster bombs, the U.S., Russia and China. India, Israel and Pakistan were other notable abstainers.

The draft convention bans the use, production, storage and sale of cluster bombs, and the document obliges signatories to destroy all of their supplies in the next eight years, clean contaminated regions, and help the victims of cluster bomb attacks.

As one of the 20 countries where cluster bombs have been used—during the conflicts of the 1990s—Serbia has actively participated in the process of drafting the convention.

The draft was approved by 107 countries, including Serbia, at a conference in Dublin in May.

According to figures from Handicap International, 100,000 people have either died or been injured by cluster bombs since 1965, 98 percent of whom were civilians and more than one-quarter of whom were children.

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