TUESDAY 7 JULY
High Level Opening of the Workshop
- Khudoyorov Bakhitiyor, Minister of Justice, Deputy CIIHL, Tajikistan
- H.E. Henry Zipper de Fabiani, Ambassador of France to Tajikistan speaking on behalf of Sweden the Presidency of the European Union PDF 50KB
- Pierre- Louis Lempereur, Office of the High Representative’s Personal Representative on non-proliferation Council of the European Union
- H.E Jürg Streuli, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the Conference on Disarmament and President of the Ninth Meeting of the States Parties PDF 66KB
- H.E. Vladimir Pryakhin, OSCE Ambassador Tajikistan, Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe PDF 40KB
- Firoz Ali Alizada, Treaty Implementation Officer, International Campaign to Ban Landmines PDF 116KB
Introductory remarks by the workshop chairperson
- Jonmahmad Rajabov, Mine Action Center Tajikistan
Overview of the general status of the Convention in the Central Asia
- Kerry Brinkert, Director of the AP Mine Ban Convention Implementation Support Unit PDF 900KB
- Bakhtiyor Begmuradov, Country Coordinator, International Campaign to Ban Landmines PDF 125KB | Slides PDF 182KB
Overview of the Convention’s mine clearance obligations
- Juan Carlos Ruan, Mine Action Implementation Specialist, AP Mine Ban Convention Implementation Support Unit PDF 393KB
Case studies in cooperation I: Tajikistan
- Overview of the efforts by Tajikistan to implement Article 5 of the Convention Tajik PDF 1.8MB
- Michael Jones, United Nations Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme
- Michael Storey, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe PDF 383KB
- Hartmut Thoms, Swiss Foundation for Mine Action (FSD) Country/Programme Director PDF 115KB
- H.E. Doris Hertrampf, Ambassador of Germany to Tajikistan PDF 16KB
- Colonel Stephane Samaran, French Defense Attaché, Ministry of Defense of France
Case studies in cooperation II: Afghanistan
- Overview of the efforts by Afghanistan to implement Article 5 of the Convention
- Haider Reza, Programme Director, United Nations Mine Action Service
- The role of non-governmental organizations in clearing mined areas in Afghanistan PDF 93KB
- A donor’s perspective
Case studies in cooperation III: Regional Cooperation
- Michael Storey, Mine Action Specialist, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe PDF 141KB
- International Trust Fund PDF 284KB
Overview of other key matters for achieving the Convention’s aims
- Raffaello Mueller, Deputy Head of Regional Delegation, International Committee of the Red Cross National PDF 204KB
- Peter Kolarov, Chief of Section, United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs Russian PDF 1.2MB
Assisting the victims
- Paramdeep Mtharu, Implementation Support Officer, AP Mine Ban Convention Implementation Support Unit PDF 3.0MB
- Presentations by Afghanistan and Tajikistan on their efforts to assist survivors
WEDNESDAY 8 JULY
Field visit to Mine Dog Detection Training Centre | demonstrations in manual clearance, the use of dogs and other matters
Overcoming challenges to accede to the Convention
- John MacBride, Senior Defense Advisor Canada, Coordinator of the Universalisation Contact Group PDF 226KB
- Updates by States not parties on their views regarding the Convention and on steps being taken towards accession
Toward the Second Review Conference
- Ingunn Vatne, Senior Advisor Norway MFA, Representative of the President-Designate of the Second Review Conference
- Kerry Brinkert, ISU Director, on behalf of the host of the Second Review Conference (Colombia) PDF 627KB
- Katarzyna Derlicka, Advocacy and Campaigning Officer, International Campaign to Ban Landmines PDF 93KB | Slides PDF 4.1MB
- Raffaello Mueller, Deputy Head of regional delegation, International Committee of the Red Cross
Closing remarks
- Jonmahmad Rajabov, Mine Action Center Tajikistan
