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By COSMAS BUTUNYI  (email the author)
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Posted  Monday, August 16  2010 at  00:00

The countries also have to assist affected communities and cluster munition survivors so that they can be fully included in society and enjoy their fundamental human rights.

The countries converge in Lao PDR for the First Meeting of States Parties in the capital, Vientiane from November 12 to chart the way forward for the convention.

Lao PDR has been selected to host this meeting due to its history as the most heavily bombed country in the world.

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