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NORWAY-WEAPONS-DIPLOMACY-TREATY
Laotian Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith (L) signs on December 3, 2008 a treaty banning the use of cluster bombs in Oslo. Norway -- which played a key role in hammering out the worldwide ban on using, producing, transferring and stockpiling cluster munitions -- was the first country to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). And Laos, the country most affected by cluster bombs, was the second. The United States, Russia, China, Israel, Pakistan and India, whicha produce cluster bombs, refused to sign the treaty.
AFP PHOTO / LISE ASERUD - NORWAY OUT -
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Oslo, NORWAY |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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LISE ASERUD |
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3 Decembrie 2008 |
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