Cluster Munitions: Peru Destroys Stockpiled Weapons
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Stockpiled cluster munitions and their submunitions being prepared for destruction.
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(New York, December 18, 2023) – Peru’s destruction of its stocks of cluster munitions is a major milestone for the international treaty banning the weapons, Human Rights Watch said today. Peru was the last state party to complete this crucial obligation, highlighting the global rejection of cluster munitions, even as countries that have not joined the Convention on Cluster Munitions continue to use, produce, and transfer them.
“Peru’s elimination of its cluster munitions stocks is a crowning achievement in fulfilling the terms of the Convention on Cluster Munitions,” said Mary Wareham, arms advocacy director at Human Rights …read more
Source:: Human Rights Watch
