Depleted uranium weapons: the next target for disarmament?
In: Disarmament forum: the new security debate = Forum du désarmement, Heft 3
ISSN: 1020-7287
Disarmament efforts have reaped a number of notable successes over the past years. These endeavours have not been completely random, but have generally aimed at putting beyond use and out of circulation weapons that may breach the law of armed conflict (LOAC). States moved from banning chemical weapons in 1993 to outlawing blinding lasers in 1995, and then antipersonnel mines in 1997. The latest disarmament campaign has succeeded in prohibiting cluster munitions (for those states that join the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions). Which problematic weapons should be next in line for a treaty ban or restriction? Many believe that prime candidates are weapons containing depleted uranium. Adapted from the source document.