Convention on Cluster Munitions

Harvest of Duds

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Harvest of Duds

A cluster ammunition rocket lies on a sunflower field at sunset in the recently retaken area of Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Credit: AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File Advertisement A tennis ball-sized bomblet was recently defused in the river town of Kasi in northern Laos. The munition was discovered shortly before the 50th anniversary of the … Read more

Laos, Cambodia Urge US Not to Send Cluster Munitions to Ukraine

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Laos, Cambodia Urge US Not to Send Cluster Munitions to Ukraine

Limb prosthetics exposed in The UXO Lao Visitor Centre, Luang Prabang, Laos, November 2016. Credit: Depositphotos Advertisement The governments of Laos and Cambodia have criticized the United States’ decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine, pointing to the baleful legacies that the weapons have had on their own people. In a statement yesterday that did … Read more