Intersessional Meeting 2013

Objectives of the workshop
– To emphasize the importance of surveys in the clearance process
– To provide an overview of solutions to challenges faced by States undertaking clearance
– To emphasize the importance of reporting and of the harmonization of language

Presentations
– Overview of progress made and outline of the remaining challenges. Co-chairs, Ireland and Lao PDR, Coordinators on Clearance and Risk Reduction

– Good baseline surveys to identify the magnitude of the problem and fundraising.
 General Imad Odeimi, Director of the Lebanon Mine Action Centre

– Identification of solutions to clearance. M. Bounpone Sayasenh, National Programme Director UXO Lao PDR

– Reporting and the importance of harmonization of language. M. Tim Horner, Mine Action Advisor, UNDP BCPR

– Reporting obligations on Clearance and Risk Reduction under the CCM. Coordinator on Reporting, Belgium

Statement from the floor:
– Mine Advisory Group (CMC Member)

Objectives of the workshop:
– To provide information on the costs of stockpiling cluster munitions;
– To provide information on effective ways of destroying stockpiles of cluster munitions;
– To provide information on innovative and cost-effective technologies to destroy stockpiles;
– To emphasize the importance of reporting on stockpile destruction activities

Presentations:
– Overview of progress made and outline of the remaining challenges. Co-chairs, Croatia and Spain, Coordinators on Stockpile Destruction and Retention

– Stockpile destruction: the benefits of starting early. M. John Rawson, Advisor, Ammunition Safety Management, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)

– Stockpile destruction – experience from Croatia. Lt. Col. Marijan Jozić, Arms Control Inspector, Department of Multilateral Affairs and International Security, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Croatia

– Stockpile destruction: experience from Spain. M. Iñigo Laquidain Hergueta, Ministry of Defence, Spain

– Reporting obligations on Stockpile Destruction and Retention under the CCM. Coordinator on Reporting, Belgium

Objectives of the workshop:
– To provide information on tools available to facilitate reporting;
– To promote reporting as an essential component of monitoring progress and of raising awareness on implementation challenges

Presentation:
– Technical workshop: transparency measures. Coordinator on Reporting, Belgium

Objectives of the workshop
– To enhance understanding of victim assistance in the context of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD)
– To provide practical information on measures to implement victim assistance in the framework of implementation of the CRPD
– To emphasize the importance of reporting on victim assistance activities

Presentations:
– Overview of progress made and outline of the remaining challenges. Co-chairs, Afghanistan and  Bosnia Herzegovina, Coordinators on Victim Assistance

– Legal ramifications of the CCM Article 5 related to the CRPD.  Co-chair, Bosnia Herzegovina, Coordinator on Victim Assistance

– Assisting cluster munitions victims in the context of the implementation of the CRPD. Ms. Maraisa Mc Carthy, Consultant UNDP

– Promoting the Victim assistance in the framework of the CRPD: Afghanistan and Bosnia Herzegovina case studies. M. Mohammad Shafiq Yosufi, Director for Department of Mine Clearance (DMC), Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA);  Prof. Edin Osmanbegovic, University of Tuzla, Bosnia Herzegovina

– Reporting obligations on victim assistance under the CCM. Coordinator on Reporting, Belgium

Statement:
Statement by CMC

Objectives of the workshop:
– To gain a better understanding of the policies, approaches and best practices of donors towards the future funding of stockpile destruction and victim assistance in a long term perspective.
– To identify other channels (other than the traditional mine action funding channels) available and being utilized to support victim assistance, including triangular and south-south cooperation.
– To gain a better understanding on how donor governments could ensure that they approach victim assistance from a broad and long term perspective (i.e. medical care through to economic inclusion and social reintegration).

Presentations:
– Introduction and outline of the remaining challenges. Co-chairs, Mexico and Sweden, Coordinators on Cooperation and Assistance

– NATO Support Agency (NSPA) in support of the CCM. M. Claude Peffer, Ammo Sp Branch, General Services Programme, NATO Trust Fund

– Funding stockpile destruction and victim assistance – A perspective from Norway. Ms. Ingunn Vatne, Senior Adviser, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

– Integrating disability into international cooperation: the UNPRPD  Ms. Krista Orama, Associate Human Rights Officer, Human Rights and Disability Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

– Reporting obligations on cooperatrion and assistance under the CCM. Coordinator on Reporting, Belgium

Opening speech by the Presidency

Opening remarks by the Coordinator on Transparency measures

Statement by Lao PDR
Statement by Lebanon
Statement Czech Republic
Statement by Palau
Statement by IACG-MA
Statement by CMC

Opening remarks by the Coordinator on National implementation measures:

Statement by Lao PDR
Statement by Australia
Statement by Ghana
Statement by Lebanon
Statement by Chile
Statement by Zambia
Statement by Ecuador
Statement by New Zealand
Statement by ICRC
Statement by Palau
Statement by CMC
Statement by IACG

Opening remarks by the Coordinators on Universalization

Statement by Chad
Statement by Croatia
Statement by France
Statement by Canada
Statement Lao PDR
Statement by IACG-MA
Statement by CMC
Statement by Ghana
Statement by Bulgaria
Statement by Costa Rica
Statement by Togo
Statement by Ecuador
Statement by South Africa
Statement by Armenia
Statement  by Senegal
Statement by Switzerland
Statement by Japan
Statement by Grenada
Statement by Mexico
Statement by Ethiopia
Statement by Peru
Statement by Palau
Statement by Lebanon
Statement by ICRC
Statement by DRC
Statement by Chile
Statement by Suriname

Opening remarks from Coordinators on Victim assistance

Statement by Croatia
Statement by Lao PDR
Statement by Afghanistan
Statement by Albania
Statement by IACG-MA
Statement by Norway
Statement by Australia
Statement by CMC
Statement by Austria
Statement by Lebanon
Statement by Mexico

Opening remarks by Coordinators on Cooperation and assistance

Statement by Albania
Statement by Spain
Statement by Lao PDR
Statement by IACG-MA
Statement by CMC
Statement by Switzerland
Statement by Sweden
Statement by New Zealand
Statement by Netherlands
Statement by Grenada
Statement by Burkina Faso
Statement by Japan
Statement by Australia
Statement by Lebanon
Statement by Mexico
Statement by Afghanistan
Statement by Peru
Statement by Germany

Presentation and Statement by GICHD

Statement by the Presidency to the 3MSP introducing the “Draft working paper: Compliance with Article 4 of the CCM”

Statement by Lao PDR
Statement by Switzerland
Statement by UK
Statement by Montenegro
Statement by Bosnia Herzegovina
Statement by Lebanon
Statement by Croatia
Presentation by DRC
Statement by Norway
Presentation by Mauritania
Statement by Australia
Statement by CMC
Statement by Afghanistan
Statement by IACG-MA
Statement by Germany

Opening remarks by Coordinators on Stockpile destruction and Retention

Presentation by Cote d’Ivoire
Statement by CMC
Statement by Switzerland
Statement by Croatia
Statement by Macedonia
Statement by Sweden
Statement by UK
Statement by France
Statement by Japan
Statement by Spain
Statement by Chile
Statement by Bulgaria
Statement by Zambia
Statement by IACG-MA

Lusaka Progress Report:
Presentation of the Draft Lusaka Progress Report by the President to the 3MSP

Statements on the ISU:
Opening remarks by the President of the 3MSP
Statement by Switzerland
Statement by Austria
Statement by Costa Rica
Statement by Japan

Document:
Draft decisions on the establishment of an ISU at the 4MSP

Statement by Austria
Statement by Australia
Statement by CMC