New Treaty Banning Cluster Munitions Opens For Signature In Oslo.

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NEW YORK (UN Mine Action Service)-- An international treaty that prohibits the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of cluster munitions is opening for signature in Oslo, Norway today.

The new Convention on Cluster Munitions --- or CCM --- "marks a major step forward in global efforts to protect civilians and control the noxious spread of deadly, inhumane weapons", wrote the ...

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