I wrote earlier this week about the international campaign to ban cluster bombs. I thought you might be interested in reading more about the signing this week of the historic Convention on Cluster Munitions in Oslo. This treaty was the latest push by international activists after the Mine Ban Treaty was signed on the same day a decade ago (and several of the activists and organizations in this latest effort received the Nobel Peace Prize for their work to ban landmines).

According to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, “the two conventions will create an ever stronger framework to protect civilians from further suffering and to address the effects of past use of indiscriminate weapons such as antipersonnel mines and cluster munitions.”

However, of no surprise, the US joins the company of Russia, Israel and other nations that did not sign the treaty (nor the Mine Ban Treaty). takepart with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines to advocate for the US to support these treaties.

(photo: Oslo signing ceremony, Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Photostream, Creative Commons)