Pope calls for ban on cluster bombs ahead of conference

This is from AFP So what does our fearless leader and great presence on the World Stage have to say about this? So far I have not seen any reports on Canada's position. Of course our great beacon of human rights and spreader of democratic light the US won't even appear along with China, Russia and that beacon of mid-east democracy Israel. As Stalin once pointed out the Vatican doesn't have a large military to bring to the bargaining table but at least the Pope provides some welcome moral guidance to his flock.

Pope calls for ban on cluster bombs ahead of conference

Sun May 18, 6:50 AM

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GENOA, Italy (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday called on governments to adopt an international convention banning the use of cluster munitions, on the eve of a conference on the issue in Dublin.
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The pope spoke during a visit to the northern Italian city of Genoa, ahead of Monday's opening of a 12-day conference aimed at sealing an international treaty banning their use.
"I hope that thanks to the responsibility of all participants we will get a strong and credible international instrument" to ban the weapons, he said during Angelus prayers in one of the city's square.
"We have to remedy the errors of the past and avoid their repetition in the future," he added.
The pope prayed for the victims of cluster munitions and for their families, pointing out that some of those directly affected by the weapons would attend the Dublin conference.
Though the Dublin Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions, which concludes on May 30, hopes to achieve an unambiguous accord, notable absentees include China, India, Israel, Pakistan, Russia and the United States: all major producers and stockpilers.