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Pakistan, India urged to sign cluster munitions ban
PESHAWAR: Governments of countries from around the world have signed the most significant disarmament and humanitarian treaty of the decade, banning use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions but the South Asia region including Pakistan, India and Afghanistan did not sign the treaty, Cluster Munitions Coalition representative for Pakistan Raza Shah Khan said in a statement issued here on Friday.
I am very disappointed that not a single country from the region has made any commitment to sign this historic treaty to ban cluster bombs he said.
I also strongly urge India and Pakistan, leading producers and stockpilers of cluster bombs, to sign and pave way for disarmament, development and poverty-reduction in the region, Khan said.
He stated that 93 countries from around the world signed the treaty on December 04 in Oslo, but showed disappointment that the South Asian region including countries which produce, stockpile and trade in the weapons, as well as Afghanistan, one of the worlds most badly affected countries, did not sign the treaty.
He said for over 40 years cluster bombs have killed and injured civilians during and after conflicts. Unexploded cluster munitions continue to kill and injure for days, months, and even decades after conflict. Tens of thousands of civilians worldwide have been killed or injured by the weapon, he added.
On average, a quarter of all cluster bomb victims are children. The treaty will help ensure that survivors, including their families and communities, receive concrete and measurable assistance, including physical and psycho-social needs, equality, rights and national action plans. staff report
PESHAWAR: Governments of countries from around the world have signed the most significant disarmament and humanitarian treaty of the decade, banning use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions but the South Asia region including Pakistan, India and Afghanistan did not sign the treaty, Cluster Munitions Coalition representative for Pakistan Raza Shah Khan said in a statement issued here on Friday.
I am very disappointed that not a single country from the region has made any commitment to sign this historic treaty to ban cluster bombs he said.
I also strongly urge India and Pakistan, leading producers and stockpilers of cluster bombs, to sign and pave way for disarmament, development and poverty-reduction in the region, Khan said.
He stated that 93 countries from around the world signed the treaty on December 04 in Oslo, but showed disappointment that the South Asian region including countries which produce, stockpile and trade in the weapons, as well as Afghanistan, one of the worlds most badly affected countries, did not sign the treaty.
He said for over 40 years cluster bombs have killed and injured civilians during and after conflicts. Unexploded cluster munitions continue to kill and injure for days, months, and even decades after conflict. Tens of thousands of civilians worldwide have been killed or injured by the weapon, he added.
On average, a quarter of all cluster bomb victims are children. The treaty will help ensure that survivors, including their families and communities, receive concrete and measurable assistance, including physical and psycho-social needs, equality, rights and national action plans. staff report
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