25 November 2005
With dozens of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?334 countries having cluster munitions in http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?836 their arsenals, United Nations http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?958 Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?755 a Geneva meeting considering http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1628 excessively injurious conventional http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1150 weapons to put the issues of cluster http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?682 munitions on their agenda for next http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1365 year.
"I am pleased to note http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1310 that you are examining ways to http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?718 strengthen the implementation of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1265 international humanitarian law to http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1595 address the humanitarian and http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?532 development impact of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1260 submunitions," he said in a http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?564 message to the two-day annual meeting http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1436 of the States Parties to the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1003 Convention on Prohibitions or http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1199 Restrictions on the Use of Certain http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1376 Conventional Weapons (CCW) Which May http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?940 Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?480 or to Have Indiscriminate Effects. http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?839
"The issue of cluster http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1509 munitions continues to be a topic of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1262 particular importance in this regard. http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?547 These are estimated to be in the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1619 arsenals of more than 70 countries; http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?807 they often claim the lives of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?473 civilians and they impede http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1332 socio-economic development long after http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?642 conflict has ended."
Until the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1540 measures are agreed, he urged all http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?680 States to respect the existing, http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?765 applicable humanitarian law on the use http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?948 of cluster munitions and "to http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1544 place the range of issues related to http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?322 cluster munitions on your 2006 http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?707 agenda."
"Experience with http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?441 this Convention shows that progress is http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1100 possible, that a legal instrument can http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1299 evolve to respond appropriately to a new security situation, and that multilateral disarmament and arms control processes can have a positive impact on human security," Mr. Annan said.
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