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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top">Co-chairs : </td><td valign="top">Hungary </td><td valign="top">Mr. Lazlo DEAK, Dept. for Security Policy and Arms Control, MFA </td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> </td><td valign="top">Mali </td><td valign="top">Mr. M. Mamadou Albachir MAHAMANE, Legal and Consular Affairs Directorate, MFA </td></tr><tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Rapporteurs : </td><td valign="top">Malaysia </td><td valign="top">Mr. Mohamed Ali RAZALI, Policy Division, MoD </td></tr><tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top">Slovakia </td><td valign="top">MmeMaria KRASNOHORSKA, Ambassador, Dept. of the OSCE,
CoU and Disarmement,MFA </td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td width="187" valign="top">Thursday 9 December 1999</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top">09.30 – 10.00 </td><td valign="top">Arrival of participants, coffee and croissants served </td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top">10.00 – 10.30 </td><td>Introductory remarks by the Co-chairs </td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top">10.30 – 10.45 </td><td>Keynote Address:Ms. Jody Williams, Ambassador of ICBL </td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top">10.45 – 11.30 </td><td>Session I
Stockpile Destruction as Integral Part of Mine Action
Moderator: Ret. Gen. Gordon M. Reay (MFA, Canada ) </td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top"> </td><td>Items to be discussed:

Obligations and rights of countries under Article 4 of the Convention;
Methods and technologies for destruction;
Transparency, monitoring, verification;
Technical and financial assistance: bilateral, regional or multinational options

</td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top">11.30 – 11.45 </td><td>Break </td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top">11.45 – 12.45 </td><td>Continuation of Session I</td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top">12.45 – 13.00 </td><td>Concluding remarks </td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top">13.00 – 15.00 </td><td>Break for Lunch </td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top">15.00 – 16.30 </td><td>Session II
Allocation of Resources - Technologies and Constraints
Moderator:Patrick Blagden (GICHD) </td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top"> </td><td>Items to be discussed:

The role of the military and private sector in stockpile destruction;
Logistical, technical and financial considerations;
Possible alternatives to the current methods of stockpile destruction;
Choosing the appropriate method with a view to the size, composition and age of the stockpiles to be destroyed;

</td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top">16.30 – 16.45 </td><td>Coffee break </td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top">16.45 – 17.45 </td><td>Continuation of Session II</td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top">17.45 – 18.00 </td><td>Concluding remarks </td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top">18.30 – 20.30 </td><td>Reception hosted by Ambassador Godet, Director of the GICHD Restaurant Vieux-Bois, Avenue de la Paix 12, Geneva </td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top">Friday 10 December 1999</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top">09.30 – 10.00 </td><td>Arrival of participants, coffee and croissants served </td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top">10.00 – 10.30 </td><td>Introductory remarks by the Co-chairs </td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top">10.30 – 11.30 </td><td>Session III
Case Studies
Moderator: (to be confirmed) </td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top"> </td><td>Items to be discussed:

Merits and constraints of various methods of destruction as experienced by individual countries;
Environmental considerations;
Planning and implementation of the process leading up to the actual destruction of stockpiles;
Stockpile maintenance programs, including stockpiles in non-State Parties

</td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top">11.30 – 11.45 </td><td>Break </td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top">11.45 – 12.45 </td><td>Continuation of Session III</td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top">12.45 – 13.00 </td><td>Concluding remarks </td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top">13.00 – 15.00 </td><td>Break for Lunch </td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top">15.00 – 16.30 </td><td>Session IV – The way ahead
Moderator: Stephen Goose (Human Rights Watch , USA) </td></tr><tr><td width="187" valign="top"> </td><td>Items to be discussed:

Possible mechanism for linking up donor and recipient countries;
Funding of stockpile destruction projects;
Compilation of a database of industrial/research capacities and capabilities;
Possible mechanism for monitoring and evaluating Article 7 reports;
Possible mechanism for engaging non-States Parties in reducing their stockpiles;
Progress report on global stockpiles and their destruction