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"en.20111117.17.4-308-000"2
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"Cluster munitions constitute a serious threat and cause excessive suffering for civilian populations and especially children, both during and long after the end of military conflicts. The draft text on Protocol VI to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons is incompatible with the Convention on Cluster Munitions. This draft protocol prohibits only cluster munitions produced before 1980, provides for a lengthy transition period, and permits the use of cluster munitions that are equipped with a single self-destruction mechanism and those that result in no more than 1% unexploded ordnance. This protocol will therefore undermine the clear and robust international standard laid down by the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which prohibits these weapons outright. I fully support the request for all EU Member States not to adopt, endorse or ratify any protocol allowing for the use of cluster munitions, which are prohibited by the convention. It is important for Member States and candidate countries not party to the convention to accede to it as a matter of urgency, and for Signatory States to ratify it as soon as possible."@en1
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