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One small step in the right direction

Posted on May 30th, 2008 by You
in

once again from BBC News:

Cluster bomb ban treaty is signed

More than 100 nations, including the UK, have signed a treaty to ban current designs of cluster bombs.

Diplomats have agreed to back an international ban on the manufacture, use or stockpiling of the munitions, following 12 days of talks in Dublin.

Some 111 countries including the US, Russia and China have been urged to reconsider boycotting the treaty.

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called the treaty a "big step forward to make the world a safer place".

Here is hoping that others are play ball. If my reading of this situation of this is right, the main countries with arsenals of cluster bombs who are against this treaty are USA, Russia, China, Israel, Pakistan and India.