The U.S. has acknowledged humanitarian concerns about the use of cluster munitions, but insisted that the proper venue for a discussion of cluster munitions was the forum attached to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, which includes all major military powers.
USA har anerkendt de humanitære bekymringer angående brugen af klyngebomber, men insisterede på at det rette forum til at diskutere spørgsmålet var gennem Konventionen om visse konventionelle våben (Engelsk: Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons), en gruppe som omfatter de større miltære magter.