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VIDEO BLOG: Global talks to ban cluster bombs (day 1)
20 May 2008 16:20:00 GMT
Written by: Cluster Munition Coalition
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On day one of international negotiations to ban cluster bombs in Dublin hopes are high for a treaty that will ban all cluster bombs with no exceptions, no loopholes and no delays.

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Cluster Munition Coalition is a global network of more than 250 civil society organisations working in 70 countries to try to ban the use of cluster bombs.

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