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Day 2 | Monday 30 November

Agenda Item #1 : Official opening of the Second Review Conference

The Second Review Conference was officially opened by H.E. Ambassador Jürg Streuli of Switzerland, President of the Ninth Meeting of the States Parties.

  • Statement by the President of the 9MSP, H.E. Ambassador Jürg Streuli PDF 18KB

Agenda Item #2: Election of the President

States Parties acclaimed H.E. Ambassador Susan Eckey of Norway as President of the Second Review Conference.

Agenda Item #3: Adoption of the agenda

The Second Review Conference adopted its agenda.

Agenda Item #4: Adoption of the rules of procedure

The Second Review Conference adopted its rules of procedure.  

Agenda Item #5: Adoption of the budget

The conference adopted the costs estimates for the Second Review Conference as well as for the two preparatory meetings held in advance of the Second Review Conference.

Agenda Item #6: Election of the Vice-Presidents

In keeping with past practice, the eight outgoing Co-Chairs of the Standing Committees were elected by acclamation as Vice-Presidents of the Second Review Conference: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, Italy, Japan, Thailand and Zambia.

Agenda Item #7: Confirmation of the Secretary-General

Ambassador Clara Inés Vargas of Colombia was confirmed as Secretary-General of the Second  Review Conference.

Agenda Item #8: Organisation of work

The Second Review Conference adopted its programme of work.

Agenda Item #9a: Review of the operation and status of the Convention – Assisting the Victims

The review of the operation and status of the Convention started with a thematic discussion on victim assistance. Song Kosal, Youth Ambassador of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) was invited by the President of the Second Review Conference, Ambassador Susan Eckey of Norway, to introduce the topic. She was accompanied by three survivors, Tun Channareth, from Cambodia, Prasanna Kruppu from Sri Lanka andSandra Castro, from Colombia.

  • Statement by Song Kosal, ICBL Youth Ambassador PDF 105KB

The outgoing Co-Chairs of the Standing Committee on Victim Assistance, Belgium and Thailand, took the floor.

  • Statement by Belgium and Thailand, outgoing Co-Chairs of the Standing Committee on Victim Assistance PDF 74KB
  • Co-Chairs recommendations to facilitate implementation of the victim assistance actions of the Cartagena Action Plan 2010-2014 Arabic PDF 4.3MB |English PDF 119KB | French PDF 128KB | Spanish PDF 257KB

The following States Parties which reported the responsibility for significant numbers of landmine survivors offered presentations highlighting their accomplishments since the First Review Conference, as concerns the assistance of victims, and the challenges they still face:

The conference interrupted its discussions on victim assistance to hear a video message from the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon.  

  • Message of the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon PDF 18KB

The conference returned to the topic of victim assistance and other statements were delivered by:

Agenda Item #10: Informal presentations of requests submitted under Article 5 and the analyses of these requests

H.E. Ambassador Jürg Streuli, President of the Ninth Meeting of the States Parties (9MSP) and Chair of the Article 5 analysing group presented his report on the work of the States Parties that were mandated to analyse the four Article 5 extension requests that were submitted in 2009.

  • H.E. Ambassador Jürg Streuli Article 5 Process Report PDF 17KB

The Second Review Conference continued with informal presentations of requests submitted under Article 5. The four States Parties requesting an extension of their Article 5 deadline were given the opportunity to informally present their requests to the conference. The presentation of each request was followed by a presentation of the analysis of the request from the 9MSP President and Chair of the Article 5 analysing group, Ambassador H.E. Jürg Streuli. After the presentation of each request and its analysis, the floor was opened for informal discussions.

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