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UNA-UK urges the government to ban all forms of cluster bombs

On 28-30 March, UNA-UK’s Annual Conference unanimously passed a resolution urging the UK government to cease defending distinctions between types of cluster munitions. The resolution calls for a comprehensive treaty banning all forms of the weapon.

UNA-UK's Chair, Lord Hannay, has written to the Foreign Secretary to relay this message ahead of the next meeting of the Oslo Process - the Norwegian initiative aiming to set up an international convention outlawing the possession and use of cluster munitions. The UK will be among around 100 states participating in the conference, to take place in Dublin from 19 to 30 May, at which the text of the treaty is expected to be finalised.

Click here to read the letter and here to read the resolution.




UNA-UK urges the government to ban all forms of cluster bombs On 28-30 March, UNA-UK’s Annual Conference unanimously passed a resolution urging the UK government to cease defending distinctions between types of cluster munitions. The resolution calls for a comprehensive treaty banning all forms of the weapon. UNA-UK's Chair, Lord Hannay, has written to the Foreign Secretary to relay this message ahead of the next meeting of the Oslo Process - the Norwegian initiative aiming to set up an international convention outlawing the possession and use of cluster munitions. The UK will be among around 100 states participating in the conference, to take place in Dublin from 19 to 30 May, at which the text of the treaty is expected to be finalised. Click here to read the letter and here to read the resolution.
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