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SUMMARY:Developments in SALW Technology and Design: Implications for Countering Diversion
DESCRIPTION:The EU Non-proliferation Consortium organised a one-day expert seminar on “Developments in SALW-technology: implications for countering diversion”\, on 7 March 2017 in Brussels. \nPreventing diversion of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) is a key priority for the international community in preventing violent conflicts and gun enabled crimes. The seminar included presentations and discussions on ‘Risks of diversion’\, ‘Marking and tracing’\, ‘Stockpile management’ and ‘End-use controls’. It built upon the outcomes of the 2015 Meeting of Governmental Experts on the Implementation of the UN Programme of Action on SALW. The discussions will feed into the review of the EU SALW Strategy as well as preparations for the 2018 Review Conference of the UN Programme of Action on SALW. \nThe seminar brought together 40 participants from European industry\, EU and EU member state officials\, regional and international organizations\, and research institutes. \nAgenda\n\n\n\n09:00–09:15\nWelcome and introduction to the seminar\n\n\n\nPawel Herczynski\, Director Security Policy and Conflict Prevention\, European External Action Service\nMark Bromley\, Co-Director of the Dual-use and Arms Trade Programme\, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute\n\n\n09:15–10:30\nSession 1 — Diversion: causes\, consequences and risk mitigation\n\n\n\nChair: Frank Meeussen\, Alternate Chair of COARM Council Working Party\, European External Action Service\nSpeaker: Savannah de Tessières\, Senior Consultant\, Small Arms Survey and United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations\nSpeaker: Tarmo Dix\, Desk Officer Conventional Arms Control\, German Federal Foreign Office\nSpeaker: N. R. Jenzen-Jones\, Director\, Armament Research Services \nThis session will explore the legal and normative standards to prevent diversion; recent cases of diversion following exports of SALW from Europe; and means to counter diversion\, including the opportunities and challenges generated by emerging SALW technologies and designs.\nKey questions that will be addressed \n\nWhat were some of the most notable cases of SALW diversion in the past five years?\nWhat were the main causes and consequences of these cases?\nWhat legal and normative standards are in place to prevent SALW diversion?\nWhat are the key gaps and weaknesses in these standards and their implementation?\nWhat role have new technologies and designs played in recent cases of SALW diversion?\nWhat role can new methods for marking\, tagging and enabling/disabling SALW play in preventing cases of diversion?\n\n\n\n\n10:45–12:00\nSession 2 — Developments in SALW technology and design: implications for marking and tracing\n\n\n\nChair: Lina Grip\, Researcher\, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute\nSpeaker: Dr. Giacomo Persi Paoli\, Research Leader\, RAND Europe\nSpeaker: Thierry Jacobs\, Strategic Projects and Relations Executive\, Fabrique Nationale d’Herstal\nSpeaker: Dr. Gernot Schrems\, Laser Expert\, Trotec Laser GmbH \nThis session will explore the current state of the art with regard to available technologies for marking and tracing SALW and related ammunition; the challenges and opportunities posed by developments in modular design\, polymer materials and additive manufacturing and how they can be met; and options for states to promote the use of new marking techniques.\nKey questions that will be addressed \n\nWhat systems are in place for establishing harmonized standards for the marking and tracing of SALW?\nWhat are the key gaps in these systems\, and what challenges do they face?\nWhat are the particular challenges posed by modular design\, polymer materials and additive manufacturing for marking and tracing SALW?\nWhat systems are companies developing for overcoming these challenges?\nWhat are the particular challenges involved in developing effective systems for marking and tracing SALW ammunition?\nWhat systems are companies developing for overcoming these challenges?\n\n\n\n\n13:15–14:30\nSession 3 — Developments in SALW technology and design: implications for stockpile management\n\n\n\nChair: Pilar Reina\, Independent consultant\nSpeaker: Alain Lapon\, Chief Technical Officer\, South Eastern and Eastern European Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons\nSpeaker: Diman Dimov\, Project Support Office\, Conflict Prevention Centre\, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe\nSpeaker: Robert Kondor\, Regional Sales Director\, Dynamit Nobel Defence \nThis session will explore the current state of the art with regard to available technologies for tagging and tracking SALW shipments and stockpiles to facilitate secure stockpile management; the role these systems can play in preventing SALW diversion; and options for states to promote the use of these technologies.\nKey questions that will be addressed \n\nWhat systems are in place for establishing improved standards in SALW physical security and stockpile management?\nWhat are the key gaps in these systems and what are the implementation challenges do states and other stakeholders face?\nWhat are the key lessons-learned from recent efforts to improve SALW physical security and stockpile management in Europe and elsewhere?\nWhat role can different types of technologies play in improving SALW physical security and stockpile management?\nWhat new systems are companies developing for helping to tag and track SALW?\nWhat role can these systems play in helping to improve SALW physical security and stockpile management standards and prevent cases of diversion?\n\n\n\n\n14:30–15:45\nSession 4 — Developments in SALW technology and design: implications for end-use controls\n\n\n\nChair: Elvan Isikozlu\, Researcher\, Bonn International Center for Conversion\nSpeaker: Matt Schroeder\, Senior Researcher\, Small Arms Survey\nSpeaker: Dr. Georg Jahnen\, Head of Development\, Armatix \nThis session will explore the current state of the art with regard to available technologies for enabling and/or disabling SALW; other technologies that can help to prevent the post shipment diversion of SALW; and options for states to promote the use of these technologies.\nKey questions that will be addressed \n\nWhere have technologies for enabling and/or disabling SALW been used to help prevent or respond to cases of diversion?\nWhat potential is there for the wider use of these systems?\nWhat are the economic\, functional and political barriers?\nWhat systems have companies developed for ensuring that SALW can only be operated by authorized end-users?\nWhat are some of the potential applications of these systems?\n\n\n\n\n15:45–16:00\nSummary of the day’s discussions and links with EU and UN-level processes\n\n\n\nFrank Meeussen\, alternate chair of COARM Council Working Party\, European External Action Service\nDr. Ali Arbia\, Project Manager\, Small Arms Survey
URL:https://nonproliferation.eu/evenement/developments-in-salw-technology-and-design-implications-for-countering-diversion/
LOCATION:Conference Centre Albert Borschette (CCAB)\, 36 rue Froissart\, Brussels\, B- 1040
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SUMMARY:Cooperating to implement the Convention on Cluster Munitions
DESCRIPTION:Landmines and cluster munitions’ survivors : A testimony by Khun Wiboonrat Chanchoo (Thailand)\n« It is a great honour for me to be here today. As all of you are aware\, I’m not a cluster munitions survivor\, but landmine survivor. For me\, there is no difference between cluster munitions and landmine survivors or other remnants of wars. We are the same. We are victims. \nI myself became person with disability nearly 20 years ago. That day\, I went in to the forest near the Thai-Cambodian border to collect bamboo to bring home. I was not aware that there were landmines hidden in that area. All I well recalled was that all of a sudden there was loud noise and my body was catapulted into the air. When I looked at my left leg\, I saw it was shattered with dangling fractured bones. I screamed to warn others not to come near while I crawled myself to safety. Though I did not lose my life\, but life has changed dramatically after that. My husband by that time could not deal with it and felt ashamed of my physical condition so he abused me\, abandoned me and left our family taking with him all the money and assets we had. But he left the most valuable assets for me\, our two daughters. \nI have been sharing my story\, which is of course not a pleasant one\, several times. I am aware that sometimes people feel uncomfortable when listening. But I have to continue doing this because I would like people to really know the lives of survivors. It’s not like we received support one time and all have been done so that case can be closed. Not only survivors receive affect\, but also our family members. There are too many people with disabilities who still have difficulties in their lives. Some of them are in worse conditions. They still need support. Some of them don’t even have rice on the table. \nAfter having accident\, I did not give up\, I continued working in the paddies and plots\, growing rice and vegetables\, and raising my two kids on my own. \nAs time went on\, I came to realise that a person with disability not only can live a normal life with the proper care and support from those around them; but they can also contribute meaningfully towards others. I decided to join a local support group for people with disabilities. It is a platform where we can work together to help improve our living conditions. \nOur self-help group started from small group of landmine survivors and people with disabilities in my village. The group expanded to neighbouring villages\, and finally become a sub-district group. This group then connects with other survivors’ groups in other districts and provinces. \nMy self-help group now comprises over 100 landmine survivors. Most recently\, I have expanded the scope of my activities to include persons with various disabilities\, orphans\, children with HIV infected parents\, and the abandoned elderly. \nActivities of our self-help groups in the past and at present include mushroom planting\, micro-credit loan among group members\, promotion of income generating activities\, setting up a local network to deliver assistance is a much more efficient and sustainable approach in providing assistance\, and more. Some activities become successful for example mushroom planting\, but some are not successful including raising animals. \nAfter 20 years of being a person with disability\, believe it or not\, the needs of survivors I have been observing remain the same\, which are very basic needs. Survivors need prostheses. Survivors need financial support and micro-credit. Survivors need to accessibility and modification of accommodation and public facilities for appropriate use by persons with disabilities. Survivors need to know about their rights. \nI would like to thank the Governments of Thailand for a lot of good work happening. My voices are louder. I would like also to thank other Governments including Lao PDR\, Cambodia\, Vietnam\, and more for lots of good work happening in my survivors’ friends’ countries. We all know that government support and understanding for victims is vital to ensuring our full and equal participation in the society. I wish the international community continue working together to ensure that no one will have to suffer from this indiscriminate weapon ever again. I wish Thailand\, Cambodia and Vietnam acceding to the CCM very soon. We need protection of the rights of victims in an all-inclusive and sustainable manner. \nAside from Government of Thailand\, I would like to thank International Campaign to Ban Landmines-Cluster Munitions Coalition\, Handicap International\, Jesuit Refugee Services\, COERR and Norwegian People’s Aid for supporting me all along. » \nKhun Wiboonrat Chanchoo\, International Campaign to Ban Landmines – Cluster Munition Coalition\, Thailand\, 17 March 2017 \n\nThe closed seminar on “Cooperating to implement the Convention on Cluster Munitions: the country coalition concept” was held in conjunction with the Permanent Representation of Germany to the Conference on Disarmament. It was funded by the European Union and jointly organised by the European External Action Service through the EU Non-proliferation Consortium\, and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). \nIt took place on the premises of the UNESCAP\, Bangkok\, Thailand\, on March 16 and 17\, 2017. The participants included both government officials\, International organizations representatives and non-governmental experts from the South-East Asia region\, the EU member states and beyond. \nThe purpose of this seminar was to discuss future developments impacting the implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). It focused on the concept of establishing “country coalitions” (i.e. with a country specific focus) as a means to enhance international cooperation and thus support the implementation of the Convention in South-East Asia. A coordinated approach concerning destruction and clearance (including mapping and securing of contaminated areas) of cluster munitions and assisting victims\, involving donor states and operators will support States Parties to fulfil their commitments under the Convention. Lastly\, a country specific approach is required to help ensure progress in implementation of the CCM. \nAgainst this backdrop the concept of establishing “country coalitions” as a means to enhance international cooperation and thus promote the CCM seems to have considerable potential. The South-East Asia region is the location of the heaviest cluster munition contamination globally. It includes both States Parties and Non-States Parties to the CCM\, including countries who are addressing contamination\, stockpile destruction\, etc. Within the region\, Lao PDR\, Vietnam and Cambodia are all dealing with very high levels of contamination. Lao PDR has the highest levels of contamination. \nThe seminar consisted of five sessions: \nSession 1 offered to all the countries of the region the opportunity to share their perception of the issue (risks and threats\, entry into force and implementation of the CCM\, etc.). \nSession 2 focused on cooperation and assistance by introducing the country coalition concept\, discussing and refining this approach. The relevant actors for such a coalition would include representatives of: the affected country\, donor states\, international organizations\, operators on the ground and other relevant experts\, such as the GICHD. \nSession 3 addressed the issue of the cooperation and assistance by introducing the country coalition concept. \nSession 4 and 5 explored the practical implications of the country coalition concept on the challenge of article 4 obligations and on victim assistance. \nAgenda\nThursday 16 March 2017\n\n\n\n09:00 – 09:15\nWelcome and Introduction – Setting the scene\n\n\n\nMichael Biontino (Germany)\nFrank Meeussen (EEAS/EU)\nBenjamin Hautecouverture (France/EUNPC)\n\n\n09:15 – 11:15\nSession 1: Challenges of Cluster Munition Remnants contamination in the region\n\n\n\nChair & Introduction: Megan Burke (CMC)\nCambodia\nLao PDR\nMalaysia\nThe Philippines\nSri Lanka\nThailand\n\n\n11:15 – 11:30\nCoffee Break\n\n\n11:30 – 12:45\nSession 2: Introducing the country coalition concept\n\n\n\nChair: Benjamin Hautecouverture (France/EUNPC)\nSpeaker 1 Michael Biontino (Germany)\nSpeaker 2 Megan Burke (CMC)\n\n\n12:45 – 14:00\nLunch\n\n\n14:30 – 16:30\nSession 3: Cooperation and assistance – The connection between affected countries and donor countries – Best practices in coordination/cooperation\n\n\n\nChair: Frank Meeussen (EEAS/EU)\nSpeaker 1 Genevieve Clune (Australia)\nSpeaker 2 Khampheng Douangthongla (Lao PDR)\nSpeaker 3 Vidya Abhayagunawardena (Sri Lanka Campaign to Ban Landmines)\n\n\n18:30 – 21:00\nReception\, German residence\n\n\n\nFriday 17 March 2017\n\n\n\n09:00 – 10:00\nSession 4: Practical implications 1 – Victim assistance\n\n\n\nChair: Aksel Steen-Nilsen (NPA Programme Director\, Cambodia)\nSpeaker 1 JJuan Carlos Ruan (Ottawa ISU)\nSpeaker 2 Sheila Mweemba (CCM-ISU)\nSpeaker 3 Benoit Couturier (Handicap International Lao PDR)\n\n\n10:00 – 11:00\nSession 5: Practical implications 2 – Clearance\n\n\n\nChair: Maarten Broekhof (The Netherlands)\nSpeaker 1 Maarten Broekhof (The Netherlands)\nSpeaker 2 Touch Pheap (Cambodia)\nSpeaker 3 Bounpheng Sisawath (Lao PDR)\n\n\n11:00 – 11:15\nCoffee Break\n\n\n11:30 – 12:30\nWrap up and recommendations\n\n\n\nSandra de Waele (EU)\nBalasubramaniam Murali (UNDP – Lao PDR)\nStefano Toscano (GICHD)\nBenjamin Hautecouverture (France/EUNPC)\n\n\n12:30 – 13:30\nFarewell lunch
URL:https://nonproliferation.eu/evenement/cooperating-to-implement-the-convention-on-cluster-munitions/
LOCATION:United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific\, United Nations Conference Center \, Meeting Room A - Rajadamnern Nok Avenue\, Bangkok\, Thaïlande
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