Asia Pacific Rainfall Urge Elimination Bomb

Asia Pacific Rainfall Urge Elimination Bomb - Most victims of ammunition due to rainfall in the Asia Pacific region. To avoid a humanitarian matter and reduce the number of victims, the country in the region to encourage the elimination of bulk ammunition (Cluster Munitions), especially the bulk of the bomb.

Pressure deletion arose at the Regional Conference on Cluster Munitions Convention Campaign at Hotel Kartika Plaza, Jalan Kartika Plaza, Kuta, Bali, on Monday (16/11/2009).

According to the Cluster Munitions Coalition, the data recorded the number of victims in various countries due to bulk ammunition that failed to explode when the war reached at least 13 thousand people.

Cluster Munitions Coalition coordinator Thomas Nash estimates, the victim has reached 100 thousands. Because there are millions of bulk ammunition is still active and can not be destroyed.


The issue of bulk ammunition is not only about the loss of life but also has an impact on the poor economy. For that, several donor countries providing assistance, one of them raised, tamed, and destroy the bulk ammunition.

"There has been some progress in cleaning up the area of assistance mines," he explained.

Director General of Multilateral Department of Foreign Affairs Rezlan Ishar Jenie said the Asia Pacific region to region that suffered most from the use of bulk ammunition. "The victims of the military and 80 percent are civilians," he said.

Now recorded 12 countries in Asia Pacific who signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions, in which the two countries have ratified them. Indonesia has ratified in Dublin, Ireland, in December 2008.