集束炸彈的禁令生效

集束炸彈的禁令生效
Cluster bomb ban comes into force
Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:24:09 GMT
A cluster bomb dropped by Israel in Lebanon during the war in the summer of 2006.
一集束炸彈由以色列在黎巴嫩掉下，在2006年夏天戰爭期間。

A worldwide treaty banning the use of cluster bombs has come into force to become binding international law in countries that have signed and ratified it.
一項全球性的條約已經生效，禁止使用集束炸彈，在已經簽署並批准該條約的國家，成為具有約束力的國際法律。
The Convention on Cluster Munitions bans the production, use, stockpiling, and transfer of cluster weapons after it was adopted at a conference in Ireland in 2008.

The Convention has been signed by 108 countries and has been ratified by 38 states.

Britain, Germany, and France are among the signatories.
英國，德國和法國都是在簽署國之中。
However, the US, Israel, China, and Russia, which are thought to account for the huge bulk of the estimated one billion bomblet global stockpile, have rejected the treaty so far.
然而美國、以色列、中國和俄羅斯，被認為是佔有巨大數量估計約十億枚小炸彈的全球儲存量，迄今已拒絕該條約。
Israel's use of cluster bombs during its 33-day war on Lebanon in 2006 was prompted talks to ban the bombs. The UN estimated that Israel dropped four million cluster bombs onto civilian areas in southern Lebanon.

Amnesty International said on Sunday the global ban marked the most groundbreaking disarmament and humanitarian treaty in over a decade.

"This treaty is a crucial step towards protecting civilians, during and after armed conflict, from this cruel and indiscriminate weapon," said Sauro Scarpellli, Amnesty International weapons campaigner.

Cluster bombs, which can contain hundreds of bomblets, pose risks to civilians both during and after attacks. Unexploded bomblets can kill or maim civilians, many of them children, long after a conflict is over.

The bombs have been in use since the 1960s, dropped on countries around the world, with a lasting legacy in places including Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.

The United States and Britain also dropped the bombs over Iraq in 2003.

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http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=136986&sectionid=3510203

聯合國秘書長肯定禁用集束彈
(法新社)2010年7月30日 星期五 18:50
（法新社聯合國 總部30日電） 禁用集束彈藥（cluster munition）的國際條約即將自本週末起生效，聯合國祕書長潘基文 （Ban Ki-moon）讚揚這個里程碑性的條約是人類擺脫「令人憎恨武器」的重大成果。

他發表聲明指出：「我很高興，『集束彈藥公約』（Convenon on Cluster Munitions）將自2010年8月1日生效。」

潘基文指出：「這個新工具不但是全球裁軍與人道議題的重大進展，也將能協助人類對抗這種可怕武器所帶來的不安與痛苦，特別是對於平民與兒童。」

2008年締結的集束彈藥公約，現已有107個國家簽署，將於8月1日生效，距離30多個簽署國批准這項公約僅6個月左右，其中的規定禁止批准國使用、生產與貯存這種武器。

潘基文說，這項條約「不但凸顯全球對這種可怕武器的集體反感，也彰顯政府、公民社會與聯合國攜手合作的力量，以改變對這種威脅全體人類武器的態度與政策。」

集束炸彈和砲彈會在撞擊之前炸開，並將大量、通常是數百枚小體積的「子炸彈」散射到廣大範圍。許多子炸彈未能當場爆炸，可能會在潛伏數年後起爆，造成大量平民死傷，此時衝突通常早已結束，一如東南亞、巴爾幹和黎巴嫩 南部等地區的狀況。

因此造成的傷亡者，經常是發現並撿拾彈藥的兒童。

擁有子炸彈1億枚以上軍事存量的生產國英國 、德國 和法國 ，都已簽署這項條約；但諸如中國、俄羅斯 和美國 等軍事強國，迄今仍抗拒該條約。外界認為，後者在全球估計為10億枚的子炸彈總存量中，占有絕大多數。（譯者：中央社楊超寰）
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100730/8/jflk.html

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