Date : 2008

Country/Region : KOSOVO; SERBIA; LAOS; LEBANON; AFGHANISTAN

Title : Cluster munitions

Duration : 00:09:58

Director : BAUMGARTNER, Pascal

Cameraman : BAUMGARTNER, Pascal; various

Editor : unknown

Keyword : WOUNDED PERSON; CLUSTER AMMUNITIONS; INTERVIEW; PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGN; WEAPON CAUSING SUPERFLUOUS INJURY OR UNNECESSARY SUFFERING; WEAPON; CLUSTER MUNITION; TESTIMONY

Person appearing :
HERBY, Peter (chef d'unité)
KELLENBERGER, Jakob (president, ICRC)
CAIRO, Alberto (chef de projet réhabilitation orthopedique)

Confidentiality level : public

Publication restrictions : publication without restrictions

Copyright : ICRC

Production company : ICRC

ICRC producer :
POWELL, Janet; REVOL, Didier

Description : Cluster munitions can contain up to 650 explosive submunitions. These are scattered over a wide area and many of them fail to explode as intended. As a result, they have caused death, injury and suffering among civilians in nearly every conflict in which they have been used. With billions of inaccurate and unreliable cluster submunitions in stockpiles around the world, the cluster munition problem has the potential to become far worse than it is today. To prevent this, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is calling on States to urgently conclude a new treaty that will prohibit inaccurate and unreliable cluster munitions, require the elimination of current stocks, and provide for the clearance of unexploded cluster munitions and assistance to victims.

Original language : International soundtrack

English title : Cluster munitions

Colour/B&W : colour

Original material/format : DVCam

Best material/format available : DVCam