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Kiwi MP submits Members Bill calling for depleted uranium ban
New Zealand parliamentarian Phil Twyford has submitted a bill calling for a domestic ban on the use of uranium in all conventional munitions and armour within New Zealand and by its military.19 November 2009 - ICBUW
Uranium weapons - all roads lead to the World Health Organisation
Last December, 141 states supported a General Assembly resolution requesting that the United Nation’s agencies - the WHO, IAEA and UNEP - update their positions on the potential threat to human health and the environment posed by the use of uranium weapons. Of these, it seems to be that of the WHO which will prove the most influential.17 November 2009 - Doug Weir and Gretel Munroe
University of Vermont divests from cluster munition and depleted uranium manufacturers
After a year of discussions, university's Board of Trustees votes to divest from clusters and uranium weapons.17 November 2009 - ICBUW
Resolution of the Nordic Network Against Uranium Weapons Conference, Stockholm, 15th November 2009
The Nordic Network's conference: Radioactive wars today: Uranium weapons in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Balkans, was held in Stockholm over the 14th and 15th of November 2009. Conference supported the following resolution and requested that it be submitted to the governments of the Nordic countries.17 November 2009 - ICBUW
Parlatino calls for a moratorium on uranium weapons
Costa Rican politician leads push for regional action on depleted uranium weapons in Latin American Parliament as Human Rights Committee accepts wide-ranging resolution.21 September 2009 - ICBUW
British jury rules that DU was likely cause of dead Gulf Veteran's colon cancer
In a landmark ruling a jury at an inquest has ruled that exposure to depleted uranium in the 1991 Gulf War was the likely cause of the colon cancer that killed British veteran Stuart Dyson, in June 2008.11 September 2009 - ICBUW
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ICBUW has just launched itself on the micro-blogging site Twitter10 September 2009 - ICBUW
German Bundeswehr manual challenges US and UK denials over depleted uranium in Afghanistan
A classified German Army manual has thrown doubt over US and UK assurances that no depleted uranium munitions have been used in Afghanistan.21 July 2009 - ICBUW
US Army think tank urges Army Secretariat to accelerate search for alternatives to DU
A think tank that issues recommendations to the US Army over ways to mitigate its environmental impact has urged planners to accelerate the search for alternatives due to the growing international opposition to depleted uranium weapons.10 July 2009 - ICBUW
Parliamentary report reveals that New Zealand's military supports DU ban
A report by the New Zealand Parliament's Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee has revealed that the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is against the use of uranium weapons by its allies in joint operations but stops short of supporting a domestic ban.9 July 2009 - ICBUW