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cluster bombs

November 30, 2019

Ministers urged to reject call for UK troops to use cluster bombs

The Prime Minister and the Defence Secretary have been urged to rule out any return to the use of cluster bombs by UK troops.
November 28, 2011

Disarmament advocates hail derailing of flawed cluster bomb accord

Religious leaders and disarmament campaigners have hailed the decision by 50 countries to derail a deeply flawed worldwide accord on cluster bombs.
November 23, 2011

Churches oppose dangerous cluster bomb treaty compromises

Religious groups say a proposed new international law on cluster bombs could put more civilians at risk than an existing treaty would.
September 2, 2011

RBS U-turn on cluster bombs

Amnesty International has welcomed the Royal Bank of Scotland’s announcement that it will stop investing in companies which produce cluster bombs.
August 31, 2011

UK arms dealers openly plan sales to Middle East despots

Representatives of the arms industry and UK government are to speak at a seminar that extols the sale of arms to repressive regimes in the Middle East.
November 8, 2009

Australian church denounces cluster bomb financing

An Australian church leader has strongly criticised one of the country's largest financial institutions for providing financial support to an international firm that manufactures cluster bombs despite an international ban on them.
December 4, 2008

WCC welcomes new convention to ban cluster munitions

The Convention on Cluster Munitions has been welcomed as a "humane and historic victory" by the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary the Rev Dr Samuel Kobia.
September 3, 2008

Russia accused on cluster bomb use in Georgian republic

Despite the official end of Russian military operations in Georgia, campaigners say Russia has been dropping cluster bombs on civilians in the Georgian republic - killing, wounding and spreading dangerous unexploded bomblets.
July 8, 2008

Pentagon's new cluster bomb policy treads water

The Pentagon has announced that the US military will continue to use and export even the most unreliable cluster bombs over the next decade. The policy decision comes shortly after 111 countries agreed to a global treaty banning cluster bombs.
May 30, 2008

World churches' leader applauds cluster bombs agreement

Churches around the world have welcomed the multilateral agreement on cluster munitions reached this week in Dublin, but want to see it fully implented says World Council of Churches head the Rev Dr Samuel Kobia.