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Cluster bomb ban: common sense and common humanity prevail say campaigners
30 May 2008
Comprehensive ban on cluster bombs agreed today in Dublin by 111 states. It commits states to destroy all stockpiles within eight years, including foreign stockpiling, and means stocks in US bases in the UK will have to be cleared. The political stigma of the weapons' use will put pressure on non-signatories.

UK comes in from the cold on cluster bomb ban
21 May 2008
Campaigners welcome Brown' statement committing to join cluster bomb ban treaty

Former military leaders send clear message to the UK Government ahead of cluster bomb treaty
19 May 2008
As negotiations begin in Dublin for a treaty banning cluster bombs, a group of senior former military leaders have spoken out against these weapons that have caused harm to civilians for over 40 years

Most British people believe UK cannot be a force for good unless it bans cluster bombs
15 May 2008
Nearly eight out of ten people (79%) in Great Britain think the government should support a worldwide ban on cluster bombs according to a new YouGov poll released today (15 May).

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