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Workshop Programme

WEDNESDAY 1 APRIL

Field Trip To Sakaew Province 

Day trip to Sakaew province to visit Thailand’s mine clearance operations

THURSDAY 2 APRIL

Introductory remarks by the workshop chairperson

  • H.E. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Thailand to the United Nations Office in Geneva

Overview of the general status of the Convention in South East Asia

  • The Convention, its status and its operations (Kerry Brinkert, Director of the AP Mine Ban Convention Implementation Support Unit) Slides PDF 612KB
  • International Campaign to Ban Landmines Slides PDF 138KB

High Level Opening of the Workshop

  • H.E. Kasit Piromya, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand PDF 40KB
  • H.E. Ivan Hotek, European Union Presidency, Czech Republic
  • Andreas Strub, Deputy Permanent Representative of HR Solana for non-proliferation, European Union Council PDF 125KB
  • H.E. Jürg Streuli, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the Conference on Disarmament and President of the Ninth Meeting of the States Parties
  • Tun Channareth, ICBL Ambassador, International Campaign to Ban Landmines

Clearing mined areas

  • An introduction to Article 5 and the Article 5 extensions process (Kerry Brinkert, Director of the AP Mine Ban Convention Implementation Support Unit) Slides PDF 554KB
  • An overview of the full range of practical methods to more rapidly release, with a high level of confidence, areas suspected of containing anti-personnel mines, (Michael Creighton, Land Release Expert, GICHD) Slides PDF 489KB

Presentations by States Parties implementing Article 5

Presentations by States not parties on their national demining programmes

Assisting the victims

  • Understanding Victim Assistance in the Context of the AP Mine Ban Convention (Sheree Bailey, Victim Assistance Specialist, AP Mine Ban Convention Implementation Support Unit)

Presentations by States Parties in the region that have reported the responsibility for significant numbers of landmine survivors

Presentations by States not parties that have a responsibility for significant numbers of survivors

Cooperation and assistance: the role of the European Commission, donor States and international and other organisations

  • Laura Liguori, Security Policy Department, External Relations Directorate General, European Commission Slides PDF 3.5MB
  • Stephen Robinson, United Nations Mine Action Service, Nepal PDF 129KB
  • Australia
  • Canada
  • New Zealand
  • Norway
  • Thailand  PDF 30KB

FRIDAY 3 APRIL

Best practices in the establishment of national implementing legislation

  • Richard Desgagne, Regional Legal Advisor, International Committee of the Red Cross Slides PDF 535KB
  • Updates by State Parties on the fulfilment of their obligations under Article 9 of the Convention

Transparency reporting

  • An overview of the Article 7 transparency reporting obligations (Paramdeep Mtharu, Implementation Support Officer, Implementation Support Unit)

Updates by States Parties on the fulfilment of their obligations under Article 7 of the Convention

Overcoming challenges to accede to the Convention

  • John MacBride, Senior Defence Advisor and Coordinator of the Universalisation Contact Group, Canada Slides PDF 325KB
  • Updates by States not parties on their views regarding the Convention and on steps being taken towards accession

Toward the Second Review Conference

  • Representative of the President-Designate of the Second Review Conference
  • Daniel Avila, Colombia, on behalf of the Secretary-General-Designate of the Second Review Conference Slides PDF 342KB
  • Tamar Gabelnick, Treaty Implementation Director, International Campaign to Ban Landmines PDF 156KB | Slides PDF 185KB 
  • Peter Herby, Head of the Arms Unit and Legal Division, International Committee of the Red Cross Slides PDF 76KB
  • Thailand PDF 26KB

Closing remarks

  • H.E. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Thailand to the United Nations Office in Geneva PDF 70KB