Cluster bomb and land mine investment should be banned

Clearing landmines and cluster bombs is a time-consuming and dangerous business. Here a sapper in Kosova clearing landmines that were put in place in 1998. Archive.
Clearing landmines and cluster bombs is a time-consuming and dangerous business. Here a sapper in Kosova clearing landmines that were put in place in 1998. Archive.
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Denmark and some 110 other countries have joined the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which bans the use of the munitions, calls for the destruction of stockpiles and clearance of areas that have been affected.

But while use of the munitions is banned, investment in them is not, and Business and Trade Minister Annette Vilhelmsen is now looking to introduce legislation that will prevent investment in cluster bombs and anti-personnel mines.

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