Co-chairs : Hungary Mr. Lazlo DEAK, Dept. for Security Policy and Arms Control, MFA
 Mali Mr. M. Mamadou Albachir MAHAMANE, Legal and Consular Affairs Directorate, MFA
Rapporteurs : Malaysia Mr. Mohamed Ali RAZALI, Policy Division, MoD
Slovakia MmeMaria KRASNOHORSKA, Ambassador, Dept. of the OSCE,
CoU and Disarmement,MFA
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
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;
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
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
16.30 – 16.45 Coffee break
16.45 – 17.45 Continuation of Session IV
17.45 – 18.00 Concluding remarks
For further information, please, contact Ms. Ana Andrino (906-1667), Ms. Genevieve Comby (906-1665) or Mr. Laszlo Deak (906-1677) at the GICHD.