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'Circle of Impact', report on the human impact of cluster bombsNew report calls for ban on cluster munitions and for assistance to civiliansBrussels/Geneva - 16 May 2007 - Ninety-eight percent of cluster submunitions casualties are civilians killed and injured while returning home in the aftermath of conflict or while going about their daily tasks to survive. These are some of the findings of Circle of Impact: The Fatal Footprint of Cluster Munitions on People and Communities, the new Handicap International report which documents the impact of cluster munitions on the lives of people and communities in 25 countries and areas.
Cover photo © Sean Sutton/ Mines Advisory Group, 2003
The new report comes just one week before states gather in Lima, Peru (23-25 May), to discuss a draft text of a new treaty to ban cluster munitions and create a framework for cooperation and assistance to survivors and communities affected this weapon by 2008. Since the failure of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW in Geneva), the Oslo Process this February resulted in at least 55 countries, including Afghanistan, Cambodia, Germany, Japan, Lebanon, the United Kingdom and even the United States taking initiatives towards a prohibition on cluster munitions.
Download the full report “Circle of impact” in PDF, this may take a few minutes. Please do not print or publish this report onto other websites without the permission of Handicap International Belgium. More documents:
- Circle of Impact - Executive Summary in English
- Circle of Impact Executive Summary French (translated by Paul Franck, volunteer, Handicap International Belgium) - Circle of Impact - Circle of Impact Executive Summary Spanish (translated by Luciana Torriani) - Circle of Impact - Executive Summary & Country reports in German - Circle of Impact - Executive Summary in Japanese (translation by Japan Campaign to Ban Landmines) - Circle of Impact - Press release in German - Circle of Impact - Press release in Chinese - Circle of Impact - Executive Summary in Arabic and Greater Middle East & North Africa region country reports in Arabic (translation by Protection, Egypt) - Circle of Impact - Press release in Spanish - Press release in Norwegian (translation by Norwegian People's Aid) - Circle of Impact - Executive Summary in Russian (translation by Ula Apetova, Kiev, Ukraine -CIS country reports in Russian (translation by Harmony of the World/CMC Tajikistan) Circle of Impact is being released globally. Click here to find where and who you should contact for more information. Watch cluster bombs being used:Extract taken from "Fields of Fire" an IRIN film
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European Parliament calls on all EU Member States to join the Convention on Cluster Munitions
