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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 11. Mars 2009 / Time Line March 11, 2009
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Ban on Exports of Most Cluster Bombs Becomes Law as Part of
Omnibus
By John M. Donnelly, CQ Staff
CQ TODAY PRINT EDITION – DEFENSE
March 11, 2009 – 10:35 p.m.
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003072737
President Barack
Obama enacted on Wednesday a permanent ban on U.S. exports of
most cluster bombs, which scatter small submunitions that often
explode only long after a battle has subsided, harming innocent
people.
The provision was a tiny element of the $410 billion omnibus
spending bill (HR 1105) that will fund most of the government for
the rest of fiscal 2009. It would outlaw exports of cluster bombs
unless they leave behind 1 percent or less of their submunitions as
duds and the receiving country agrees the weapons “will not
be used where civilians are known to be present.”
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