Forty-six nations adopted a declaration Friday calling for a 2008 treaty banning cluster bombs, saying the weapons kill and maim long after conflicts end and inflict "unacceptable harm" on civilians, particularly children.
Key arms makers — Israel and US — snubbed the conference of 49 nations.
Israel deployed extensively these bombs recently in Lebanon killining or maiming many civilian christian lebanese children.
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