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"Cluster munitions are among the most dangerous weapons for civilians because they are used over extensive areas against scattered, mobile targets that are difficult to see.
As has already been said, up to 98% of the victims are people not involved in military conflict, in other words, civilians. A large proportion of them – 27% – are also children.
In addition, perhaps 30% of cluster bombs do not explode but remain in the earth in the form of mines, posing a danger to civilians long after the conflict has ended.
Despite these sad statistics, many Member States of the European Union have not signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which bans their production, storage and use, because they follow their own economic – and this is very sad – their own economic interests in relation to the production and export of these munitions.
Madam President, I profoundly disagree with such an approach, and I believe that humanitarian interests and the protection of civilians should come first.
In my opinion, it is therefore the task of the European Union to put pressure on all states, and particularly on EU Member States, to sign and ratify the Convention on Cluster Munitions."@en1
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