UK Government urged to work for ban on use of cluster munitions

UK Government urged to work for ban on use of cluster munitions -13/11/06 The Methodist church in the UK has strengthened its call for a ban on the use of cluster munitions, urging the UK Government to take action. The move comes as the United Nations Review...

Church and aid groups point to Lebanon unexploded bombs problem

Church and aid groups point to Lebanon unexploded bombs problem -13/10/06 At least a million unexploded rocket and artillery cluster bombs are posing huge risks to people returning to their homes in southern Lebanon after the recent war, reports relief and development...

US urged to end sale of cluster bombs to Israel

US urged to end sale of cluster bombs to Israel -20/09/06 The discovery of hundreds of US-made cluster bombs among the tens of thousands of unexploded munitions carpeting the south of Lebanon, has led to calls on Washington to impose a moratorium on sales of the...

Vatican asks UN for moratorium on cluster bombs

Vatican asks UN for moratorium on cluster bombs -08/09/06 The Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations has called for a moratorium on submunitions, otherwise known as ‘scatterable mines’ or ‘cluster bombs’. Submunitions are...