Cluster Bomb Treaty To Take Force This Year

A cluster bomb on display at the Spreewerk ISL Integrated Solutions weapons decommissioning facility near Luebben, Germany. Enough countries have now ratified the international convention banning cluster munitions meaning the convention will now become law. (John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images)

Cluster Bomb Treaty Reaches Ratification, UN Says -- BBC

An international treaty banning cluster bombs will enter into force in August after it was ratified by a 30th country, the UN says.

Burkina Faso and Moldova became the latest states to ratify the treaty.

The convention bans the production and use of cluster munitions and obliges states to compensate victims.

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