February 2007 Number 1 Survey of Cluster Munition Policy and Practice I. Introduction .......................................................................................................... 1 II. Overview of State Practice....................................................................................2 International Actions...........................................................................................2 National Initiatives..............................................................................................4 International Humanitarian Law ..........................................................................5 III. Timeline of Cluster Munition Use........................................................................ 8 IV. Cluster Munition Country Profiles .....................................................................10 Algeria .............................................................................................................. 11 Angola .............................................................................................................. 11 Argentina.......................................................................................................... 11 Australia ........................................................................................................... 12 Austria.............................................................................................................. 13 Azerbaijan ........................................................................................................ 14 Bahrain............................................................................................................. 14 Belarus ............................................................................................................. 15 Belgium ............................................................................................................ 15 Bosnia and Herzegovina ...................................................................................16 Brazil ................................................................................................................ 17 Bulgaria............................................................................................................18 Canada .............................................................................................................18 Chile.................................................................................................................19 China................................................................................................................20 Croatia.............................................................................................................. 21 Cuba................................................................................................................. 21 Czech Republic .................................................................................................22 Denmark...........................................................................................................23 Egypt ................................................................................................................24 Eritrea...............................................................................................................25 Ethiopia ............................................................................................................25 Finland .............................................................................................................25 France...............................................................................................................26 Georgia.............................................................................................................28 Germany ...........................................................................................................28 Greece ..............................................................................................................30 Guinea.............................................................................................................. 31 Guinea-Bissau .................................................................................................. 31 Honduras.......................................................................................................... 31 Hungary ............................................................................................................32 India .................................................................................................................32 Indonesia .........................................................................................................33 Iran...................................................................................................................33 Iraq...................................................................................................................33 Israel ................................................................................................................34 Italy ..................................................................................................................35 Japan ................................................................................................................35 Jordan...............................................................................................................36 Kazakhstan.......................................................................................................36 North Korea.......................................................................................................37 South Korea......................................................................................................37 Kuwait ..............................................................................................................38 Libya.................................................................................................................38 Moldova ...........................................................................................................39 Mongolia ..........................................................................................................39 Morocco............................................................................................................39 Netherlands......................................................................................................39 Nigeria.............................................................................................................. 41 Norway ............................................................................................................. 41 Oman................................................................................................................43 Pakistan ...........................................................................................................43 Poland ..............................................................................................................44 Portugal............................................................................................................46 Romania ...........................................................................................................46 Russia...............................................................................................................47 Saudi Arabia .....................................................................................................49 Serbia...............................................................................................................49 Singapore .........................................................................................................50 Slovakia............................................................................................................ 51 South Africa ...................................................................................................... 51 Spain................................................................................................................52 Sudan...............................................................................................................53 Sweden ............................................................................................................53 Switzerland....................................................................................................... 55 Syria .................................................................................................................56 Thailand ...........................................................................................................57 Turkey...............................................................................................................57 Turkmenistan....................................................................................................57 Ukraine.............................................................................................................57 United Arab Emirates ........................................................................................58 United Kingdom ................................................................................................58 United States....................................................................................................61 Uzbekistan .......................................................................................................65