Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 14, 2023 / 11:15 am
The head of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace expressed concern this week over the Biden White House’s decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine to aid in the country’s ongoing conflict against Russia.
The Defense Department announced last week that it would be sending “additional security assistance to meet Ukraine’s critical security and defense needs.”
The package included “additional artillery systems and ammunition, including highly effective and reliable dual-purpose improved conventional munitions,” the latter of which are commonly known as “cluster munitions.”
On Friday, Peace Committee Bishop David J. Malloy noted in a statement that dozens of countries, including the Holy See, have signed the international Convention on Cluster Munitions, which “prohibits all use, production, transfer, and stockpiling” of the armaments.