Convention on Cluster Munitions approved

Convention on Cluster Munitions approved

May 30, 2009 04:00:00 am

On May 30, 2008, nations agreed to ban the use of cluster bombs by signing the Convention on Cluster Munitions. The US, Russia, and China each declined to sign the treaty.

Learn more about the Convention on Cluster Munitions from the treaty’s official website.

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