STOPPING THE USE OF CLUSTER MUNITIONS EVERYWHERE AND

FOR EVER IS URGENT!

The Convention on Cluster Munitions became on 1 August 2010 .

100 countries are States Parties which means that they have promised forever to ban the production, use, export and transfer of cluster munitions, to clear the land, destroy stockpiles and attend to the rights and needs of victims.

18-year-old Mohammed, who lost both legs to a Syrian airstrike in Idlib in 2012, is carried by friends on the island of Lesbos in Greece. Both his friends and relatives accompanied him on his journey to safety, carrying him whenever needed. October 8, 2015. © 2015 Zalmaï for Human Rights Watch

Cluster Munitions dropped in Syria and Yemen traumatized, maimed and killed people

causing many to flee their homes. This caused a flow of refugees around the globe.

During the 1970’s war in Vietnam more cluster bombs were dropped on Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam than all the bombs dropped in Europe in the Second Wold War.

Many remain embedded in the farms, forests, streams, and walk-ing areas to this day and cause new accidents to innocent childrenand adults. Bombs dropped in the 70’s kill people today. Laos and Cambodia were very prominent in calling for a ban on cluster munitions in 2006 and 2007. Laos in 2008 was one of the first signatories to the new Convention on Cluster Munitions. Sadly Cambodia did not join and we are still waiting for good news from them, Vietnam and all of Asia except Japan and Afghanistan who with Laos lead the way.

CMC is a group of national campaigns and NGOs who have campaigned since 2001 to eradicate cluster munitions. They were mo-tivated by the suffering these bombs and sub-munitions inflicted on innocent people.

History of Cluster Munitions in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

The Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC)

A cluster bomb, or cluster munition, consists of a container filled with lots of smaller bombs (sub-munitions). These containers might be dropped from air-craft or fired from the ground. Breaking open in midair, the container releases the sub-munitions saturating an area the size

Each year a team of experts compiles a report on cluster munitions on different countries. It describes their position on - The ban treaty - Stockpile destruction - Use - Clearance - Victim support - Financial contributions

This can be found at Website: www.the-monitor.orgTwitter: @MineMonitor

of several football fields. Anybody within that area, be they military or civilian, is likely to be torn apart.

What are Cluster Munitions?

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What is the Cluster Munitions Monitor?

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