by Sean Reilly | Sep 3, 2008
Despite the official termination of Russian military operations in Georgia, tensions in the region remain high, and campaigners claim that Russia has been dropping cluster bombs on innocent civilians in the Georgian republic, killing and wounding many and spreading...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 8, 2008
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, including major NATO allies, agreed to a global treaty banning cluster...
by Sean Reilly | May 30, 2008
Churches around the world “are much encouraged” by the multilateral agreement on cluster munitions reached this week in Dublin, and now look with expectation to “powerful governments that have not been at the negotiating table”, said World...
by Sean Reilly | May 29, 2008
“Churches around the world are much encouraged” by the multilateral agreement on cluster munitions reached Wednesday in Dublin, said World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev Dr Samuel Kobia today. But they now look with expectation to...
by Sean Reilly | May 29, 2008
The Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church have welcomed the commitment by the UK Government to withdraw the remaining two cluster munitions from its arsenal. The news came as talks took place in Dublin, in which...