{"id":1980,"date":"2022-08-25T20:16:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T20:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/ukraine-cluster-munitions-pose-long-term-risk-to-civilian-safety\/"},"modified":"2022-08-25T20:16:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T20:16:10","slug":"ukraine-cluster-munitions-pose-long-term-risk-to-civilian-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=1980","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine: Cluster munitions pose long-term risk to civilian safety |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Cluster bombs are weapons designed to be scattered over large areas, containing several hundred \u201cmini-bombs\u201d called sub-munitions. As they <strong>make no distinction between civilians, civilian property and military targets<\/strong>, cluster bombs violate the rules of international humanitarian law.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cluster munitions are <strong>not only dangerous in the short-term<\/strong>, but<strong> pose severe long term risks to local communities<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is reported that <strong>up to 40 per cent of cluster munitions do not explode on impact<\/strong>, allowing for decades of intermittent detonations and prolonged disruptions. Of the 149 new cluster bomb casualties in 2021, all were caused by cluster munition remnants, showcasing the longevity of their impact.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Ukraine deaths\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>The report reveals that since the start of the Russian invasion on 24 February, Russian forces have \u201crepeatedly\u201d used cluster munitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian forces had also reportedly used cluster munitions several times, the group said, which found that the weapons had been mostly used in populated areas.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, deployment of cluster munitions in Ukraine have <strong>killed 215 civilians and injured 474<\/strong>. The report further indicated a 302 per cent increase in victims, since 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Meer, US Executive Director of Humanity &amp; Inclusion, in reference to cluster munitions in Ukraine, noted that, \u201cthey also damaged healthcare facilities, factories, and homes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>International Approach\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>The 2022 Cluster Munition Monitor also assesses the implementation of the Oslo Convention. Since 2010, the Convention has banned the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Monitor indicates that since the convention came into force, 35 State Parties have <strong>destroyed 1.5 million cluster munition stockpiles<\/strong>, comprising 178 million sub-munitions. This represents <strong>99 per cent <\/strong>of all cluster munitions declared by State Parties.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New uses of cluster munitions has been isolated to the war in Ukraine. Reflecting on this, Mr. Meer concluded: \u201cWarring parties must immediately cease all use of cluster munitions, which have already killed or wounded hundreds of civilians in Ukraine this year. States must pressure countries that use cluster munitions to stop.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2022\/08\/1125482\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cluster bombs are weapons designed to be scattered over large areas, containing several hundred \u201cmini-bombs\u201d called&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ukraine: Cluster munitions pose long-term risk to civilian safety | - Gulf Times | News by the minute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gulf Times: Latest news across the GCC from UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=1980\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ukraine: Cluster munitions pose long-term risk to civilian safety |\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gulf News| UAE&#039;s Largest News aggregator site\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=1980\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gulf Times | News by the minute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100084981843786\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-25T20:16:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/global.unitednations.entermediadb.net\/assets\/mediadb\/services\/module\/asset\/downloads\/preset\/Libraries\/Production+Library\/28-03-2022_UNICEF_Ukraine-3.jpg\/image770x420cropped.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"gulftimes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Gulftimesuae\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Gulftimesuae\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"gulftimes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ukraine: Cluster munitions pose long-term risk to civilian safety | - 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