[Notes: This post originally referred to S 597. S. 594 is the correct number for this bill. AI has changed the link to the online action. I have updated it below.]
Please urge Senator Frank Lautenberg and Senator Robert Menendez to cosponsor S. 594, the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act.
During the last several decades, the international community has made significant advances toward eliminating the use of land mines. As you know, these weapons have killed an maimed countless civilians.
Unfortunately, the use of cluster munitions poses similar risks because many of the “bomblets” released by these bombs and missiles fail to explode upon impact. As a result, they scatter de facto land mines across large areas. The danger posed by these weapons has been compounded by their frequent use in or near civilian populated-areas. Children are particularly at risk, given that they are likely to pick up live “bomblets.”
S. 594 addresses these risks by restricting U.S. funds from being used to export cluster munitions that will be used in civilian areas. It also prohibits the use and export of cluster weapons in which more than one percent of the “bomblets” fail to detonate upon impact.
Please call Senator Lautenberg’s office at (202) 224-3224. You can reach Senator Menendez’s office at (202) 224-4744.
Amnesty International has also set up an online action on this issue.
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