Consider the following statements on ‘Convention on Cluster Munitions’:

It bans vacuum bombs and also cluster munitions.

India, Russia, US are not parties to it.

It was adopted in Dublin in 2008.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Thermobaric weapons — also known as aerosol bombs, fuel air explosives, or vacuum bombs — use oxygen from the air for a large, high-temperature blast. A thermobaric weapon causes significantly greater devastation than a conventional bomb of comparable size. Thermobaric weapons or vacuum bombs are not prohibited by any international law or agreement, but their use against civilian populations in built-up areas, schools or hospitals, could, according to a report in the BBC, attract action under the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907.
According to the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions, a cluster munition means a “conventional munition that is designed to disperse or release explosive submunitions each weighing less than 20 kilograms, and includes those explosive submunitions”.
The Convention on Cluster Munitions is a United Nations adopted legal instrument that prohibits all use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions.
It was adopted in Dublin, Ireland in 2008, and was opened for signature in Oslo, Norway.
Currently, the convention has 110 State Parties and 13 Signatory States.
India has not signed the convention and is not a party to it. Other countries that are not parties are the US, Russia, China, Pakistan and Israel, among others.

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Thermobaric weapons — also known as aerosol bombs, fuel air explosives, or vacuum bombs — use oxygen from the air for a large, high-temperature blast. A thermobaric weapon causes significantly greater devastation than a conventional bomb of comparable size. Thermobaric weapons or vacuum bombs are not prohibited by any international law or agreement, but their use against civilian populations in built-up areas, schools or hospitals, could, according to a report in the BBC, attract action under the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907.
According to the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions, a cluster munition means a “conventional munition that is designed to disperse or release explosive submunitions each weighing less than 20 kilograms, and includes those explosive submunitions”.
The Convention on Cluster Munitions is a United Nations adopted legal instrument that prohibits all use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions.
It was adopted in Dublin, Ireland in 2008, and was opened for signature in Oslo, Norway.
Currently, the convention has 110 State Parties and 13 Signatory States.
India has not signed the convention and is not a party to it. Other countries that are not parties are the US, Russia, China, Pakistan and Israel, among others.

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