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Denmark is considering withdrawing from the Cluster Munitions Convention. “ Prominent military analyst: We must consider whether Danish troops should use controversial weapons”” “Few would have imagined before Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, that we here in Denmark would have a discussion about whether Danish soldiers should once again be allowed to use cluster bombs and anti-personnel mines. Weapons that we have otherwise signed conventions that prohibit. But now the discussion about the controversial weapons has once again erupted into flames, after one of the country's most prominent military analysts, Anders Puck Nielsen, in Berlingske, has asked Denmark to consider whether the advantages of the weapons outweigh the disadvantages.” These are the first paragraphs from a cover article in Denmark newspaper (using Google translate). Lithuania has already withdrawn from the CMC. I’ve been calling for all 111 nations from around the world to withdraw from this dangerous Convention that cost tens of thousands of Ukrainian lives and weakened Europe’s defense against a full scale Russian invasion. We need the leadership of Secretary General Mark Rutte to request all NATO nations to withdraw from the CMC. He should also educate the non-NATO signatories of the CMC, that by signing the CMC they weakened the defense of Europe. And there is blood on their hands: Ukrainians died because Iceland, Costa Rica, and others signed the CMC. By signing they delayed the transfer of cluster munitions for 1.5 years. During that year Ukraine lost soldiers, civilians and momentum. https://lnkd.in/eWEBynmw