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Proceeding contribution from Lord Archer of Sandwell (Labour) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 17 May 2007. It occurred during Debate on Cluster Munitions.


Cluster Munitions

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for giving way, but if the Government accept that the number of civilian casualties must be proportionate, how can we know, with weapons of this kind, how many civilian casualties there will be in a particular case?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
692 c321 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Children Armed conflict Casualties Civilians Arms control Cluster munitions Bomb disposal Ethics Afghanistan Serbia Israel Lebanon Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
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