Seventh Pledging Conference

The Conference was chaired by the President of the Twentieth Meeting of the States Parties H.E. Alicia Arango Olmos, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the UN Geneva. A keynote address was delivered via video by H.E. Marta Lucía Ramírez, Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia. 

Other high-level delegates included the State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan H.E. WASHIO Eiichiro, and the Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of the European Union H.E. Marjolijn van Deelen.

A total of 32 delegations attended the Conference, including 25 States Parties, 1 State not party, and 6 international and non-governmental organisations.

The following States Parties and Organisations presented pledges and/or statements,

• Australia as Coordinator of the Sponsorship Programme, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, and Turkey.

• European Union, the Geneva Centre for Humanitarian Demining, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, and the International Committee of the Red Cross.