MARC Record from Library of Congress

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050 00 $aUG1282.C45$bH85 2008
082 00 $a363.34/98$222
245 04 $aThe humanitarian impact of cluster munitions.
260 $aGeneva, Switzerland :$bUnited Nations Institute for Disarmament Research,$c2008.
300 $ax, 69 p. ;$c21 cm.
500 $a"UNIDIR/2008/1."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- The humanitarian impact of cluster munitions -- Cluster munition contamination in southern Lebanon -- Cluster munition contamination in Cambodia -- Conclusion.
520 0 $a"The humanitarian impact of cluster munitions is dependent on the degree to which people are brought into contact with them. Thus, the impact in one country, or even one area of a country, will not be the same as in another. It depends, among other things, on the level of contamination, the terrain, land use, population density, common economic activities and resources, and the level of development. Impact also varies over time as these factors change. Yet, in any case the effects of cluster munition use are immediate, and the resulting contamination makes these effects long lasting and deep. This report examines the immediate and long-term humanitarian and socio-economic impact of cluster contamination on civilian populations. It draws on a wide range of sources, including case studies from Cambodia and Lebanon, information gathered from practitioners and documentation from contaminated countries, to present an overview of the ways in which such contamination affects the daily lives, opportunities and prospects of ordinary people" -- p. [4] of cover.
530 $aElectronic version available on the UNIDIR website.
650 0 $aCluster bombs.
710 2 $aUnited Nations Institute for Disarmament Research.
856 41 $zCLICK HERE TO VIEW :$uhttp://www.unidir.org/pdf/ouvrages/pdf-1-92-9045-008-D-en.pdf