Thousands of people have been maimed or killed by these bombs. When they are fired, they spray small "bomblets" over a wide area, many of which fail to explode.
Years later, people disturb them in their fields or school playgrounds not knowing what they are, and they explode.
In 2008, many governments outlawed these weapons by signing the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Shockingly, now countries are under pressure from the US, China and Russia to bypass the ban by signing a separate agreement that would allow them to use cluster munitions.
Negotiators at the Convention on Conventional Weapons meet in Geneva next week.Mr. Obama, I entreat you to PLEASE stop this horror.
Visit http://www.avaaz.org/en/cluster_bombs_ii_b/?tta for more information.
Sunny P Chandra, Australia