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| Co-chairs : | Hungary | Mr. Laszlo DEAK, Dept. for Security Policy and Arms Control, MFA |
| Mali | Mr. M. Mamadou Albachir MAHAMANE, Legal and Consular Affairs Directorate, MFA | | | | | Rapporteurs : | Malaysia | Mr. Mohamed Ali RAZALI, Policy Division, MoD |
| Slovakia | Ms. Maria KRASNOHORSKA, Ambassador, Dept. of the OSCE, CoU and Disarmement, MFA |
AGENDA | Monday, May 22, 2000 |
| | 09.30 – 10.00 | Arrival of participants, coffee and croissants served | | 10.00 – 10.30 | Introductory remarks by the Co-chairs | | 10.30 – 11.30 | Session I
Stockpile Destruction as Preventive Mine Action
Moderator: Mr. Adrian Wilkinson, Mine Action Consultant, UNDP |
| Items to be discussed: - insuring political priority for stockpile destruction;
- insuring military co-operation with strict and effective civilian control;
- transparency, monitoring, verification;
- flow of information on available technologies, costs and environmental impact.
| | 11.30 – 11.45 | Break | | 11.45 – 12.45 | Continuation of Session I | | 12.45 – 13.00 | Concluding remarks by the Co-chairs | | 13.00 – 15.00 | Break for Lunch | | 15.00 – 16.30 | Session II
Co-operative Structures for Stockpile Destruction
Moderator: Ret. Gen. Gordon Reay, Advisor Mine Action Team, MFA of Canada |
| Items to be discussed: - financial and technical assistance – bilateral, multilateral and regional approaches to stockpile destruction;
- logistical, technical and financial considerations for proposed co-operative structures;
- linking donors and recipients, funding for stockpile destruction;
- modalities of transfer and storage of foreign stockpiles;
- avoiding competition among the various branches and actors of mine action.
| | 16.30 – 16.45 | Coffee break | | 16.45 – 17.45 | Continuation of Session II | | 17.45 – 18.00 | Concluding remarks by the Co-chairs | | 18.30 | Reception hosted by the Director of the GICHD
Restaurant Vieux-Bois, Avenue de la Paix 12, Geneva |
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| | Tuesday, May 23, 2000 |
| | 09.30 – 10.00 | Arrival of participants, coffee and croissants served | | 10.00 – 10.30 | Introductory remarks by the Co-chairs | | 10.30 – 11.30 | Session III
Case Studies
Moderator: Mr. Patrick Blagden, Technical Director, GICHD |
| Items to be discussed: - merits and constraints of various methods of destruction as experienced by individual countries;
- financial, technical, social and environmental considerations;
- planning and implementation of the process leading up to the actual destruction of stockpiles;
- engaging the media and the public at large in the process of stockpile destruction
| | 11.30 – 11.45 | Break | | 11.45 – 12.45 | Continuation of Session III | | 12.45 – 13.00 | Concluding remarks by the Co-chairs | | 13.00 – 15.00 | Break for Lunch | | 15.00 – 16.30 | Session IV – The Way Ahead
Moderator: Hungarian Co-chair |
| Items to be discussed: - reporting, monitoring and compliance concerns
- need for accounting and certification procedures;
- assessing overall progress with regard to stockpile destruction, progress report on global stockpiles and their destruction;
- compilation of databases on donors, recipients, needs, methods, options, companies, experts;
- possible mechanisms for monitoring and evaluating Article 7 reports;
- possible mechanisms for engaging non-States Parties in reducing their stockpiles;
| | 16.30 – 16.45 | Coffee break | | 16.45 – 17.45 | Continuation of Session IV | | 17.45 – 18.00 | Concluding remarks by the Co-chairs |
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