Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 September 2023
10. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will internationally condemn the announcement by the United States to send depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39612/23]
View answerThere is no international regulation specifically governing munitions containing depleted uranium. However, general rules of international humanitarian law prohibit weapons, means or methods of warfare of a nature to cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering, which have indiscriminate effects or which cause widespread, long-term and severe damage to the natural environment.
We continue to urge all actors to ensure that their weapons, means and methods of warfare are compliant with international humanitarian law.
