Monday 8 May - Tuesday 9 May1. Opening of the meetingThe meeting was opened by its Co-Chairs, Ambassador Assad Omer of Afghanistan and Ambassador Jürg Streuli of Switerzerland, with the support of their colleagues Khalil Nasri of Afghanistan and Flavio del Ponte of Switzerland, and their Co-Rapporteurs from Austria and Sudan.
The Co-Chairs also delivered a statement on the status of victim assistance in the context of Convention and the Nairobi Action Plan:
2. Updates from States Parties on the status of implementationOf the 24 States Parties that have reported the responsibility for significant numbers of landmine survivors, the following provided updates:
As well, the following other States Parties provided updates on efforts to advance the care, rehabilitation and reintegration of landmine survivors:
3. DiscussionThe following provided comments in response to the presentations made by the States Parties: 4. Cooperation and assistanceThe following States Parties and organizations provided updates and views on assistance for the care, rehabilitation and reintegration of landmine survivors: 5. Inter-ministerial coordinationThe victim assistance specialist of the Implementation Support Unit of the GICHD made a presentation on the main steps in the inter-ministerial process of establishing objectives and developing national plans.
6. Promotion of quality of and access to medical first aid for mine victimsThe Co-Chairs read out a declaration on quality of and access to medical first aid for mine victims and highlighted this matter through expert presentations:
7. Pre-hospital care
8. Social and economic reintegration of landmine survivors
9. Closing remarks by the Co-Chairs |