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Urgent action needed to condemn Russian use of cluster munitions in Georgia 

Human Rights Watch, Landmine Action's partner agency in the CMC, has confirmed the use of the RBK-250 cluster munition in two strikes that took place on 12 August, killing 11 civilians and injuring many more. This use comes just three months after 107 nations adopted the Convention on Cluster Munitions, comprehensively banning the use, production, trade and stockpiling of the weapon.  

The UK played a significant  role in ensuring that the negotiations of the new Convention were successful and Landmine Action now urges them to publicly condemn this use by the Russians. 
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Georgia: UK must condemn Russian Use of Cluster Munitions

15 August 2008
Landmine Action deplores Russia's use of cluster munitions in Georgia and calls on the UK to condemn this use. The attacks come three months after 107 nations agreed an international ban on the weapon, due to their devastating humanitarian consequences.

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.

Groundbreaking treaty banning cluster bombs achieved

29 May 2008
Cluster bomb survivors and campaigners rejoice over the groundbreaking and comprehensive treaty provisionally agreed in Dublin