04 June 2009
Niger becomes 8th country to ratify cluster bomb ban treaty
On June 2, the Republic of Niger became the 8th country to ratify the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Niger became the second African country to ratify the convention that bans the use, production and stockpiling of cluster munitions after Sierra Leone, who ratified at the same time that they signed the convention in Oslo, Norway, in December 2008. |