unexploded ordnance

weapon
Also known as: UXO

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Convention on Cluster Munitions

  • In Convention on Cluster Munitions

    Unexploded ordnance (UXO) generated by cluster munitions, used extensively by NATO forces in the Kosovo conflict, resulted in more than 150 post-combat casualties. Reports by Human Rights Watch and the International Committee of the Red Cross found that an estimated 10 percent of the 289,000…

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