Paul McCartney donates song for landmine action

 

June 5, 2008 -- Groundbreaking Online Event Features An Exclusive Offering Of A New Paul McCartney Track ‘Lifelong Passion’ A Menu Provided By Chef Jamie Oliver READ MORE>>>

Can you build a 'safe' cluster bomb?

 

4 June 2008  From New Scientist -- Can you build a "safe" cluster bomb? That is the question facing military chiefs after a treaty banning the weapons was agreed by 109 countries in Dublin, Ireland, last week. READ MORE >>>>

Calling on the United States to Sign International Treaty Banning Cluster Bombs

Tuesday, June 3, 2008 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), and Representative James P. McGovern (D-Mass.)  today introduced a joint resolution calling on the United States to sign on to a new treaty to ban the vast majority of cluster munitions. READ MORE>>>

The Landmine-Sniffing Rats of Mozambique

Monday, Jun. 02, 2008 -- Three-year-old Samo scurries across a grassy field, his nose twitching furiously. Hooked up to a harness, he darts back and forth across the roped-off minefield — then, suddenly, he freezes in his tracks  READ MORE>>>

Draft convention banning cluster munitions approved

05/31/08 13:27 -- London (ANTARA News) - Some 111 government delegations attending a conference on cluster munitions in Dublin, Ireland, on Friday approved the draft of a Convention on Cluster Munitions that bans the global use, production, stockpiling, and transfer of cluster bombs. READ MORE>>>

Lutheran Federation Applauds Initiative

Fri, 30 May 2008 -- The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) welcomes the adoption of the new treaty to ban cluster bombs, agreed at the international Dublin Conference on Cluster Munitions READ MORE>>>

Ban on bombs a huge victory

Thursday May 29 2008 -- THE British Prime Minister's declaration that we are close to an international ban on cluster bombs, and his backing for such a ban, are a massive vindication READ MORE>>>

Cluster Bomb Resolution Approved in Dublin

29 May 2008 -- Representatives of more than 100 countries have approved a draft treaty to ban the global use of cluster bombs.  Although the United States, China and Russia are not part of the agreement, campaigners hope they will eventually READ MORE>>>

Cluster bomb ban surprises observers

Thu May 29, 2008 -- A draft international treaty to ban cluster bombs has been agreed at an international conference in Dublin, an outcome that has surprised many observers. In a change of heart, the UK said it would sign up to the ban, READ MORE>>>

Seek security with least weaponry, Vatican envoy suggests

Dublin, May. 26, 2008 -- The Vatican representation at an international conference on cluster bombs argued that while "states have a right to defend peace, security, and the stability of peoples under their responsibility," effective defense does not require warfare of arms buildups READ MORE>>>