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Wednesday 10 May – Thursday 11 May1. Opening of the meetingThe meeting was opened by its Co-Chairs, His Royal Highness Prince Mired of Jordan, with the support of Azzam Alameddin of Jordan, and, Igor Jukic of Slovenia. The Co-Chairs were assisted by Co-Rapporteurs Camilo Sanhueza of Chile and Ingunn Vatne of Norway. The Co-Chairs also delivered a statement on the status of implementation of Article 5 of the Convention:
2. Updates from relevant States Parties on the status of implementationOf the 45 States Parties which have indicated that they are in the process of fulfilling Article 5 obligations, the following provided updates on their implementation efforts: States Parties with deadlines in 2009:
States Parties with deadlines in 2010States Parties with deadlines in 2011 or later
Discussion3. Lessons from the States Parties that have indicated that they have completed implementation of Article 5
4. Enhancing understanding of the implementation of Article 5The Co-Chairs presented a discussion paper that elaborated ideas concering the matter of requests for extensions in accordance with Article 5, paragraph 4.
The following States Parties and interested organizations engaged in discussion on this matter:
5. Cooperation and assistanceThe following States Parties and organizations provided updates and views on assistance for clearing mined areas:
6. An overview of progress made and challenges that remain in the field of mine risk educationHandicap International delivered a joint statement on behalf of the ICBL and UNICEF on mine risk education efforts.
7. An overview of progress made and challenges that remain in the field of mine action technologiesProfessor Marc Acheroy of Belgium, the coordinator of an informal mine action technologiy experts gropu, provided an update on the status of efforts undertaken in the field of mine action technologies:
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