Pink sandbags signal where unexploded cluster bomblets and other explosive remnants of war will be demolished at a clearance site in Xieng Khuang province, Lao PDR. Photo credit: Gemima Harvey/CMC.Global Summit On Cluster Bombs Opens In Laos -- Xinhuanet
VIENTIANE, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- The First Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) is held on Tuesday in Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic' capital, to put the treaty's vision into action.
The four-day meeting, the first of its kind since the Convention entered into force on Aug. 1 this year, will lay the foundation for implementing the Convention and translating its obligations into concrete and measurable actions.
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More News On The Global Summit On Cluster Bombs
Global talks in Laos seek quicker removal of cluster bombs -- Yahoo News/AFP
Cluster munitions convention signatories meet in Laos -- Australia Network News
Ending the suffering caused by cluster munitions for all time -- ICRC
HRW sounds alarm on cluster bombs -- UPI (Special Report)
Diplomats learn about scale of cluster bomb problem on visit to Xieng Khuang -- Cluster Munition Coalition
9-12 November: Summit on cluster munitions in Laos, the world's worst affected country -- News Wire
My Comment: Like most unexploded explosives .... long after the end of a war .... the casualties will still come in. What is surprising to me, is that Laos is the world`s worst affected country from cluster bombs.
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