19 March 2009
LAOS RATIFIES CLUSTER BOMB BAN TREATY - DRC BECOMES 96th SIGNATORY
(New York, 18 March 2009) - The Lao People's Democratic Republic, the country most affected by cluster bombs in the world today ratified the treaty banning the deadly munitions and requiring their clearance, said the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC). The ratification took place at a special event at the United Nations in New York on the Convention on Cluster Munitions attended by 75 countries |