| Thursday 9 December 1999 | |
| 09.30 – 10.00 | Arrival of participants, coffee and croissants served |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Introductory remarks by the Co-chairs |
| 10.30 – 10.45 | Keynote Address:Ms. Jody Williams, Ambassador of ICBL |
| 10.45 – 11.30 | Session I
Stockpile Destruction as Integral Part of Mine Action
Moderator: Ret. Gen. Gordon M. Reay (MFA, Canada ) |
| | Items to be discussed: - Obligations and rights of countries under Article 4 of the Convention;
- Methods and technologies for destruction;
- Transparency, monitoring, verification;
- Technical and financial assistance: bilateral, regional or multinational options
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| 11.30 – 11.45 | Break |
| 11.45 – 12.45 | Continuation of Session I |
| 12.45 – 13.00 | Concluding remarks |
| 13.00 – 15.00 | Break for Lunch |
| 15.00 – 16.30 | Session II
Allocation of Resources - Technologies and Constraints
Moderator:Patrick Blagden (GICHD) |
| | Items to be discussed: - The role of the military and private sector in stockpile destruction;
- Logistical, technical and financial considerations;
- Possible alternatives to the current methods of stockpile destruction;
- Choosing the appropriate method with a view to the size, composition and age of the stockpiles to be destroyed;
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| 16.30 – 16.45 | Coffee break |
| 16.45 – 17.45 | Continuation of Session II |
| 17.45 – 18.00 | Concluding remarks |
| 18.30 – 20.30 | Reception hosted by Ambassador Godet, Director of the GICHD Restaurant Vieux-Bois, Avenue de la Paix 12, Geneva |
| Friday 10 December 1999 | |
| 09.30 – 10.00 | Arrival of participants, coffee and croissants served |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Introductory remarks by the Co-chairs |
| 10.30 – 11.30 | Session III
Case Studies
Moderator: (to be confirmed) |
| | Items to be discussed: - Merits and constraints of various methods of destruction as experienced by individual countries;
- Environmental considerations;
- Planning and implementation of the process leading up to the actual destruction of stockpiles;
- Stockpile maintenance programs, including stockpiles in non-State Parties
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| 11.30 – 11.45 | Break |
| 11.45 – 12.45 | Continuation of Session III |
| 12.45 – 13.00 | Concluding remarks |
| 13.00 – 15.00 | Break for Lunch |
| 15.00 – 16.30 | Session IV – The way ahead
Moderator: Stephen Goose (Human Rights Watch , USA) |
| | Items to be discussed: - Possible mechanism for linking up donor and recipient countries;
- Funding of stockpile destruction projects;
- Compilation of a database of industrial/research capacities and capabilities;
- Possible mechanism for monitoring and evaluating Article 7 reports;
- Possible mechanism for engaging non-States Parties in reducing their stockpiles;
- Progress report on global stockpiles and their destruction
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| 16.30 – 16.45 | Coffee break |
| 16.45 – 17.45 | Continuation of Session IV |
| 17.45 – 18.00 | Concluding remarks |
