Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-11-17-Speech-4-312-000"
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"en.20111117.17.4-312-000"2
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"Cluster munitions are a major and growing problem. If this type of weapon should come into more widespread use, it will be an even greater humanitarian and development challenge than anti-personnel mines were in the nineties. Cluster munitions are designed to explode on impact with the ground. The percentage of unexploded munitions, however, is related not only to technical factors but also to soil conditions and to the height from which the munitions are launched. Therefore, if the submunitions do not work as expected, they become lodged in the ground, which makes them particularly treacherous, since they can explode at the slightest touch or movement. Indeed, unexploded submunitions behave like anti-personnel mines. For a long time, the key issue was whether the production and use of cluster munitions constituted a violation of international law. I am pleased that, through the resolution adopted this morning, the European Parliament has answered that question: there should be a blanket ban on this type of munitions, which I believe is highly dangerous and illegal."@en1
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