Laos, LegaciesofWar, CCM, CMC

U.S. Secretary of State visits Lao PDR, the most heavily cluster munition contaminated country in the world.

UN, Geneva, CMC, CCM, CCWUN

A U.S.-led attempt to create a weak Convention on Conventional Weapons protocol allowing cluster munition use has failed.

CCM, CMC, Lebanon

The U.S. did not attend an annual meeting of the Convention on Cluster Munitions hosted by Lebanon this week.

Afghanistan has ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which it signed in 2008.

Laos, CCM, CMC

The U.S. was not present at the historic first meeting of the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Lao PDR this week.