JRS wants Thailand to sign cluster-bomb ban
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
UCA News
Source: http://www.ucanews.com/2010/08/03/jrs-wants-thailand-to-sign-cluster-bomb-ban/
The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in Thailand is urging the government to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions even as it celebrated the convention becoming international law on Aug. 1.
More than 100 people gathered that day at Xavier Hall, the Jesuits’ residence in Bangkok, to celebrate the coming into effect of the convention, which prohibits all use, stockpiling, production and transfer of cluster bombs.
“At present, 107 countries have signed this convention and 38 countries have ratified it, but Thailand has not signed it yet,” said JRS coordinator Sermsiri Ingavanisa.
She led a JRS team in presenting a letter to Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on July 30, calling for Thailand to sign the convention.
Sermsiri explained that even though Thailand has never produced, used or transferred cluster bombs and does not suffer from their effect, the country does have some in its stockpile.
Neighboring Laos is one of the worst countries affected by these munitions and JRS in Thailand works to support these victims, she said.
Cluster munitions – explosive devices dropped from aircraft, delivered in rockets or shot from artillery – release small explosives over a large area. Many fail to explode on impact and remain a serious threat afterward.
JRS Thailand has also been campaigning against landmines since 1990 and supporting survivors.
It is a founding member of the Thailand Campaign to Ban Landmines and also a member of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and the Cluster Munition Coalition.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
UCA News
Source: http://www.ucanews.com/2010/08/03/jrs-wants-thailand-to-sign-cluster-bomb-ban/
The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in Thailand is urging the government to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions even as it celebrated the convention becoming international law on Aug. 1.
More than 100 people gathered that day at Xavier Hall, the Jesuits’ residence in Bangkok, to celebrate the coming into effect of the convention, which prohibits all use, stockpiling, production and transfer of cluster bombs.
“At present, 107 countries have signed this convention and 38 countries have ratified it, but Thailand has not signed it yet,” said JRS coordinator Sermsiri Ingavanisa.
She led a JRS team in presenting a letter to Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on July 30, calling for Thailand to sign the convention.
Sermsiri explained that even though Thailand has never produced, used or transferred cluster bombs and does not suffer from their effect, the country does have some in its stockpile.
Neighboring Laos is one of the worst countries affected by these munitions and JRS in Thailand works to support these victims, she said.
Cluster munitions – explosive devices dropped from aircraft, delivered in rockets or shot from artillery – release small explosives over a large area. Many fail to explode on impact and remain a serious threat afterward.
JRS Thailand has also been campaigning against landmines since 1990 and supporting survivors.
It is a founding member of the Thailand Campaign to Ban Landmines and also a member of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and the Cluster Munition Coalition.
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