Countries That Have Stocks of Cluster Munitions
As of 2008, at least 76 countries have stockpiles of cluster munitions (including all the countries above, that have produced them). Countries listed in bold have subscribed to the Wellington Declaration, agreeing in principle that their stockpiles should be destroyed.
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