The Safe Path

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Opening Session

• Speech - Australian Ambassador to Lao PDR, HE Dr. Michele Forster
• Speech – Cluster Munition Coalition – Thomas Nash, CMC Coordinator

Session 2: Actions and Commitments of the Convention

• PowerPoint presentation – Victim Assistance & Risk Education: Mr Chan Roth, Cambodian Government
• Intervention on victim assistance – Mr Ken Rutherford, Cluster Munition Coalition
• Intervention on stockpile destruction , victim assistance and clearance– Ms Susan Walker, Cluster Munition Coalition
• PowerPoint Presentation – Survey of UXO victims in Lao PDR, Dr. Maligna Saignavongs, Director, NRA UXO
• Speech - International obligations: Mr Sean Hoy, Government of Ireland
• Intervention on international obligations – Junko Utsumi, Cluster Munition Coalition

Session 3: The Safe Path – signature, ratification and implementation

• PowerPoint presentation - National Steps to Signature & Ratification: Ms Nathalie Weizmann, International Committee of the Red Cross
• Intervention on signature and ratification –Jayme Uy, Cluster Munition Coalition

Closing Session

• Speech - HE Steffen Kongstad, Government of Norway
• Closing Statement - Australia
• Speech – Cluster Munition Coalition, Thomas Nash