Legislative Action Message: April 24, 2008

Cluster Bomb Ban: Paul McCartney Calling

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Urge Your Senators to Ban Cluster Bombs

"Cluster bomblets, like anti-personnel mines, are unacceptable when they kill and injure civilians including children. I call upon individuals, organisations, and politicians to do all they can to remove and reduce the impact of these weapons for future generations."

~ Paul McCartney, April 19, 2008

The world community is calling for a ban on cluster bombs. On May 19, representatives of more than half the world's nations will gather in Dublin, Ireland, to hammer out the final details of a treaty banning the use and export of all or most cluster bombs.

The U.S. government won't be there. We need to show the world that millions of people in this country support protecting civilians from the indiscriminate effects of cluster bombs. The way to do that is to increase the number of cosponsors of congressional legislation that would effectively ban these indiscriminate weapons from the U.S. arsenal.

Many of you have already raised your voices against cluster weapons in the lead up to these negotiations. In the last month, more than 200 people in 41 states organized events in meetings, churches, restaurants, homes, and on college campuses to watch the documentary Bombies, to write letters to Congress, and to learn how to advance a cluster bomb ban.

But the work isn't done. Nineteen senators have cosponsored legislation to effectively ban cluster bombs. We at FCNL hope to persuade at least one-quarter of the Senate - 25 senators - to cosponsor this legislation before the global negotiations begin in mid-May.

Take Action

Urge your senators to add their names to the growing list of elected leaders from both parties who have cosponsored the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act (S. 594).

If you've already written to your senators, let five friends know and ask them to write as well.