Kampala Conference On Cluster Munitions

29th to 30th September 2008

DRAFT PROGRAMME

Monday 29 September 2008

08.00hrs-08:45hrs Registration
9.00hrs - 11.00hrs Opening Ceremony

Master of Ceremony: The Hon. Minister of State for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees

1) Introductory Remarks by Hon. Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees
2) Statement by CMC (Survivor: Berihu Mesele)
3) Statement by the UN Resident Representative
4) Statement by Archbishop Desmond Tutu ( TBC)
5) Address by HE the President of the Republic of Uganda

11.00hrs - 11.30hrs Break and Press Conference
Session 1:

11.30hrs - 13.00hrs The Oslo Process and the Convention on Cluster Munitions
Chairperson: The Hon. Minister of State for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees

1) The Oslo Process (Austria tbc)
2) Short introduction to Cluster Munitions ( Documentary)
3) The convention on Cluster Munitions as a new International Legal norm (Norway)
4) Role of African Countries in the process (Zambia)
5) Discussion
6) Video address by Didier Drogba (UNDP Goodwill Ambassador)

13.00hrs- 14.30hrs: Lunch (Imperial Royale Hotel)
Session 2:

14.30hrs -17.00hrs: The Convention’s prohibitions and commitments (Part 1)
Chairperson: The Hon. Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development

1) What is prohibited (Richard Moyes, Landmine Action)
2) Victim Assistance by Margaret Arach (ICBL ambassador)
3) Discussions

17.00 hrs Reception (OPM-UNDP)

Tuesday 30 September 2008

Session 3:

9.00 hrs– 10.30hrs: The Convention’s prohibitions and commitments (Part 2)
Chairperson: The Hon. Minister for Defense

1) Clearance and Risk Education by Lt Col. Jim Burke (Ireland)
2) Stock pile destruction (South Africa, Colin King)
3) Discussion

10.30hrs- 11.00hrs Break
Session 4:

11.00hrs – 13.00hrs: The way forward

Chairperson: Hon. Minister for Foreign Affairs

1) National Steps: Announcing signing in Oslo, stockpile destruction, enacting a moratorium, starting ratification procedures (CMC)
2) Interpretative statements on Key issues in the treaty (Ghana)
3) Norm creation and affecting practice of non-states parties (ICRC)


13:00hrs - 14.00hrs Lunch (Imperial Royal Hotel)

14.00hrs–15.00hrs: Side-event

Parliamentary action, ratification and national legislation (ICRC, CMC, Parliamentarians)

Session 5:

15.00hrs - 16.00hrs Conclusion
Chairperson: The Hon. Minister of Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees

1) Presentation of the conference report and the Kampala Action Plan
2) Closure by the Rt. Hon Prime Minister