Lithuania: Don’t Leave Global Ban on Cluster Munitions
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Lithuania’s representative signing the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Oslo, Norway on December 3, 2008.
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(Berlin) – Lithuania’s parliament should reject a government proposal to withdraw from the 2008 treaty banning cluster munitions, Human Rights Watch said today. If approved, Lithuania would be the first country to leave the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which 112 countries have ratified. “Lithuania’s lawmakers should reject this ill-considered proposal and reaffirm their support for the Convention on Cluster Munitions,” said Mary Wareham, …read more
Source:: Human Rights Watch
