DU
Depleted Uranium developments
Submitted by Dinyar Godrej on November 15, 2007 - 11:30am.
The ball of activism against DU weapons has been rolling ever onward after our current magazine on the subject.
Readers may be aware that Belgium has become the first country to ban these DU armaments altogether and that the European parliament has been calling for a ban as well. Now, after intense lobbying by the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons (ICBUW), wheels at the UN are beginning to creak. The UN First Committee in New York has just passed a resolution by a landslide majority urging UN member states to re-examine the health consequences of DU weapons. The resolution requests that states and international bodies submit a report on DU to the UN General Assembly during next year’s session. DU will also be on the Assembly’s agenda. A second vote will be needed to confirm this resolution and will take place early next year. Read more »
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