Syria: Cluster Bombs and the Threat of Chemical Weapons

This short video from the NY Times shows the effects that Russian-made cluster bombs are having on the civilian population in Syria:  

In the video, one rebel warns that the regime will soon resort to chemical weapons.  Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov has reportedly stated that Syria's chemical weapons have been consolidated at one or two locations and are under control "at the moment."

Syria is one of just six states recognised by the UN that has not signed the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) (the others being Angola, North Korea, Egypt, South Sudan and Somalia).  Nor is Syria a party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), which  currently has seventy-seven state parties.