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Cluster bombs have had devastating effects on civilians, especially children, who often detonate the small, colourful unexploded bomblets long after a conflict has ended.



UNI said the ban is a break through for peace. UNI believes the common goal of the world’s working people-- to have a decent job that enables individual and family income security to sustain life, health and happiness in caring societies-- must be built on the bedrock of peace, tolerance and understanding.



The Convention on Cluster Munition, which took effect on August 1, prohibits all use, stockpiling, production and transfer of cluster munitions. It also lays out guidelines to assist victims, clear contaminated areas and destroy stockpiles.



UNI is actively involved in the global movement for peace, with a particular focus on nuclear disarmament. It will hold its World Congress in Nagasaki, Japan, in November.



UNI, together with Japanese trade union organisation RENGO and GENSUIKIN (Japan Congress Against A- and H-Bombs), KAKKIN (National Council for Peace and Against Nuclear Weapons) and the International Trade Union Confederation, is part of an international campaign against nuclear weapons. The groups gathered almost 7 million signatures on a petition submitted at Review Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty at the United Nations in May.