Unacceptable harm : a history of how the treaty to ban cluster munitions was won / John Borrie.
"Cluster munitions saturate areas with explosive force. These weapons pose danger to civilians because they are prone to indiscriminate effect at time of use and because they create a hazardous residue of unexploded submunitions. In May 2008, 107 states adopted a treaty banning cluster munition...
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| Other title: | Convention on Cluster Munitions (2008 May 30) |
| Format: | Government Document Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
United Nations,
2009.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: 'What is happening in my yard could happen in yours"
- The technology of killing
- From little things big things will grow
- Norway and cluster munitions
- Lebanon
- The commencement of the Oslo Process
- After Oslo: shifting the burden of proof
- Crunch point
- The evolution of cluster munition policy in the ICRC and UN
- Dublin: define and conquer
- Dublin: endgame
- The end of the beginning
- Annex A: The Oslo Declaration
- Annex B: The Wellington Declaration
- Annex C: The Convention on Cluster Munitions
- Annex D: Timeline of cluster munitions use
- Annex E: Types of cluster munitions in global stockpiles.