How often do you see the U.S., Russia, China, India, Israel and Belarus push for something and fail?

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http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news/international/U.S._defeated_in_bid_on_cluster_bomb_accord.html?cid=31643192

Nov 25, 2011 - 20:54

U.S. defeated in bid on cluster bomb accord

By Tom Miles

GENEVA (Reuters) - A U.S.-led push to regulate, rather than ban, cluster munitions failed on Friday after 50 countries objected, following humanitarian campaigners' claims that anything less than a outright ban would be an unprecedented reversal of human rights law.

While the United States, China and Russia want rules about the manufacture and use of cluster bombs, activists say such regulations would legitimise the munitions, backtracking from the Oslo Convention, an international treaty that seeks a worldwide ban.

"Against all odds it looks like we're going to have success this evening," Steve Goose, head of the arms division at Human Rights Watch, told a press conference in Geneva.

"How often do you see the U.S., Russia, China, India, Israel and Belarus push for something, and they don't get it? That has happened largely because of one powerful alliance driving the Oslo partnership."

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1. Depends on whether it's an Olympic year. n/t

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2. Who's going to enforce the ban?

When the U.S., Russia, China, India, Israel and Belarus create their own "interpretation" and ignore it?