The weapons are banned under a Geneva-based treaty adopted by 111 nations, but not the U.S., Ukraine or Russia. Certain types are still permitted if they can self-destruct.
GENEVA (AN) — Campaigners against destructive explosive weapons expressed shock at the U.S. decision to provide Ukraine with cluster munitions to fight Russia.
The Geneva-based International Campaign to Ban Landmines and London-based Cluster Munition Coalition said on Friday the networks of NGOs they represent were appalled that U.S. President Joe Biden's administration will transfer cluster munitions to Ukraine, which has repeatedly asked for them to fight off Russia.
A Swiss-led U.N. Security Council committee will find it harder to deal with 'suspicions' of sanctions violations.
Sweden does not share a border with Russia, but its coastlines stretch 3,218 kilometers to its east along the Baltic Sea.
The symbolic clock will remain set at the closest point to the symbolic hour of apocalpyse it has ever been since 1947.
The U.N. nuclear watchdog has reported that Tehran increased its output of near weapons-grade uranium.
Fourteen cases remain under investigation by U.N. investigators, who have met with authorities in Israel.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
The number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity has increased every year since 2019.
The group of organizations that reviewed the U.N. agency recommends several ways of strengthening its neutrality.
