BMJ 2008;336:1268-1269 (7 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.39601.595590.4E
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Ban on cluster bombs a "victory for humanity," say campaigners
Peter Moszynski
1 London
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Disability campaigners and survivors of cluster bombs have welcomed the comprehensive ban on cluster munitions agreed last week in Dublin. As well as outlawing an entire class of weapons, the ban includes provisions to help victims.
Thomas Nash, coordinator of the Cluster Munition Coalition, said, "We have consigned cluster bombs to the dustbin of history and stigmatised their use. With this historic agreement cluster bombs can never be used, produced, or transferred again, and this is a victory for humanity."
The agreement "raises the bar for treaties covering conventional weapons, particularly around victim assistance." Humanitarian assistance for victims and affected communities as well as obligations towards affected countries and donors to clear contaminated land go beyond what was agreed in the Ottawa landmine treaty and build on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Branislav Kapetanovic, a survivor of cluster munitions, from Serbia, said, "I lost my arms
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