Can The World Finally Find Consensus On Cluster Bombs? -- Diana Wueger, The Atlantic
Much of the world has banned the weapons for their dangers to civilians, but the U.S. is among a handful of states resisting their abolition.
Last week, representatives from 130 governments gathered in Beirut for the second meeting of parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), a 2008 treaty signed by 90 countries in an attempt to abolish cluster munitions. After years of failed attempts to roll back these weapons, the CCM attempts a new approach to limiting cluster munitions, bombs that open mid-flight to release smaller bombs (known as submunitions) over a wide area.
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