North and Eastern Europe

Advancing the Ottawa Convention in Northern and Eastern Europe:
The Vilnius Seminar
7-9 June 2004 -- Vilnius
 

• Chair's Summary (pdf - 110KB)

Presentations
 

Overview of the Convention and its status

• Kerry Brinkert, Manager of the Implementation Support Unit, GICHD (pdf - 47KB)

Fulfilling security responsibilities without anti-personnel mines

• Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) John MacBride, Canada (pdf - 72KB)
• Brigadier General (Retired) Paddy Bladen (pdf - 628KB)
• Lieutenant Colonel Charles N. Holman, United Kingdom (pdf - 23KB)

Exchanging information and promoting transparency

• Paul Huynen, Coordinator of the Article 7 Contact Group, Belgium (pdf - 583KB)

Preventing and suppressing prohibited activities

• Robert Young, International Committee of the Red Cross (pdf - 435KB)
• Dirk Roland Haupt, Germany (pdf - 178KB)
• Gražvydas Jasutis, Lithuania (pdf - 149KB)

Assistance and Cooperation

• Ambassador Steffen Kongstad, Norway (pdf - 27KB)

The road to the Review Conference

• Ambassador Wolfgang Petritsch of Austria, President-Designate of the First Review Conference (pdf - 116KB)
• Sylvie Brigot, International Campaign to Ban Landmines (pdf - 292KB)

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