Nations sign cluster-bomb ban; U.S., Russia and China refuse
Read about the shame HERE
From the article: “98 percent of cluster-bomb victims are civilians, and 27 percent are children.”
Laos is one of the countries that have been hardest-hit by the bombs; it was also one of the first countries to sign the ban.
[added on Dec. 4th] Here’s another article about the problem in Laos.
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