12 March 2007

Opening Ceremony

• Remarks by HE. Mr. Sok An, Deputy Prime Minister and First President of the CMAA
• Address by H.E. Ms Donica Pottie, Ambassador of Canada

Keynote Address

• Samdech Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia

Opening Session

• Remarks by His Royal Highness Prince Mired Al-Hussein, Chair of Jordan’s National Committee for Demining and Rehabilitation and President-Designate of the Eighth Meeting of States Parties PDF 457KB
• Remarks by Simone Belamri, Advocacy Officer, International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)

Setting the Scene: The Problem and Experiences in Mine Action
Moderator: H.E. Sam Sotha, Secretary-General, CMAA, Cambodia  

• Alexandre Faite, International Committee of the Red Cross: The Humanitarian Impact of Mines, the Problem and the Solution PDF 2.3MB
• General Baril, Canada: Military Utility of Anti-Personnel Landmines
• Kerry Brinkert, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD): An Overview of the Ottawa Convention, its Status and Operations PDF 1MB
• Ambassador Satnam Singh, ICBL: Overview of the Landmine Problem in SE Asia

Experiences of Mine-Affected States
Moderator: General Baril, Canada

• HE Sam Sotha, Secretary-General, CMAA, Cambodia: Capacity Development for National Ownership and Leadership: Building a National Mine Action Authority
• Major-General Tumrongsak Deemongkol, Director General. Thailand Mine Action Center (TMAC), Thailand PDF 22KB
• Somnak Vorasarn, Deputy Director of National Regulatory Authority (NRA), Chief of Policy and Administration, Laos PDF 1.6MB
• HRH Prince Mired Al-Hussein, Chair of Jordan’s National Committee for Demining and Rehabilitation and President-Designate of the Eighth Meeting of States Parties
• Nepal PDF 6.7MB

Addressing the Needs of the Survivors
Moderator: Sister Denise Coghlan, JRS/Cambodian Campaign to Ban Landmine (CCBL)

• Kerry Brinkert, GICHD: Victim Assistance in the Context of the Ottawa Convention PDF 877KB
• Long Sothy, Executive Director, Disability Action Council PDF 4MB
• Isabelle Austin, Deputy Country Representative, UNICEF Cambodia PDF 2MB

Welcome by H.E Sok An, Deputy Prime Minister in Charge of the Office of the Council of Ministers and First Vice President of the C

13 March 2007

Field Visit: Kampong Chnang

Presentations on demining, mine dogs, brush cutters and other aspects of the work of the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC), Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF), the HALO Trust and Mine Advisory Group (MAG), as well as other operators.

14 March 2007

International Cooperation on Mine Action
Moderator: Melissa Sabatier, UNDP

• John MacBride, Canada: Cooperation, Assistance and Confidence-Building through Mine Action
• Linda Gellard, Program Officer, Iraq and Mine Action, Australia, AUSAID, Australia PDF 2MB
• Anne Isabelle Degryse-Blateau, UNDP Cambodia Programme Director

The Way Forward for Mine Action
Moderator: ICBL

• Melissa Sabatier, UNDP: The UN role supporting mine action and implementation of the Ottawa Convention PDF 456KB
• Ambassador Nellen, GICHD: The Application of Risk Management in Mine Action PDF 505KB

Summary of the Seminar

• H.E. Mr. Sam Sotha, Secretary General of CMAA and H.E. Ms Donica Pottie, Ambassador of Canada PDF 19KB

Closing Remarks

• H.E Mr. Sok An, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Office of the Council of Ministers and First Vice President of the CMAA PDF 34KB