US, China, Russia Resist Weapons Pact: Report

[cory777]

Source: Common Dreams

The United States, Russia and China are working against a pact signed by 108 countries to ban cluster munitions that kill civilians long after conflicts, a leading international campaign group said on Monday.

New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the 3 powers -- as well as others like India, Pakistan, Israel and South Korea -- were still pushing for a weaker United Nations treaty on the weapons although the pact was already in force.

"More than two years after adoption of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, the United States and other major military powers continue actively to resist the convention," a 224-page report by the group said.

The report -- Meeting the Challenge: Protecting Civilians through the Convention on Cluster Munitions -- was presented by HRW at the United Nations' European headquarters, seat of the world body-sponsored Conference on Disarmament.

Read more: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/11/22-1

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[Nuclear Unicorn]

1. I posted about this almost a year ago here on DU

I got bumpkis.

This is an important subject.

K&R

[Nihil]

2. Kick for an important issue that is just ignored by too many people. (n/t)

:-(