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Ban welcomes int''l Convention on Cluster Munitions entering into force
Politics    2/17/2010 9:00:00 AM
 
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 17 (KUNA) -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon late Tuesday welcomed Burkina Faso and Moldova's ratification earlier in the day of the International Convention on Cluster Munitions, bringing the total number of ratifications to 30 and triggering its entry into force on 1 August 2010 when the Convention will become binding international law.
"The Secretary-General welcomes this major advance on the global disarmament agenda, and notes that the Convention's entry into force just two years after its adoption demonstrates the world's collective revulsion at the impact of these terrible weapons," his press office said in a statement.
"Cluster munitions are unreliable and inaccurate. During conflict and long after it has ended, they maim and kill scores of civilians, including many children. They impair post-conflict recovery by making roads and land inaccessible to farmers and aid workers," the statement added. The Secretary-General called on all States to become a party to the Convention without delay. He stressed that the United Nations is firmly committed to ending the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of cluster munitions and mitigating the suffering they cause. (end) sj.bz.
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