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Cluster Munition Ban Policy
The Palestinian National Authority (PA) governs the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), including Gaza and parts of the West Bank. Two Palestinian factions, Hamas in Gaza and Fatah in the West Bank, both claim to be the legitimate governing authority of the OPT.
Representatives of the PA attended the International Conference on the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Santiago, Chile in June 2010. They stated support for the convention and voiced concerns about Israel's use of the weapon.[1]
Previously, the PA had not attended any of the diplomatic Oslo Process meetings that produced the convention in 2007 and 2008.
There have been no confirmed instances of use of cluster munitions in the OPT by either Israeli or Palestinian forces. It is not known if Palestinian forces possess any cluster munitions.
[1] Statements of Palestine, International Conference on the Convention on Cluster Munitions, Santiago, 7 June and 9 June 2010. Notes by AOAV/HRW.
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