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The First Ministerial Review Conference of the Nairobi Declaration on the Problem of the Proliferation of Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa


Agenda
MINISTERIAL MEETING
Wednesday, August 7, 2002
0830 - 0900 Registration
0900 - 1000 Official Opening of Ministerial meeting: by the Hon. Maj. (Rtd) Marsden Madoka, M.P., Minister of Foreign Affairs and Int Co-operation (Kenya)
(Chair - Mrs Rebecca Nabutola, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Int. Co-operation (Kenya)
1000 - 1030 Tea/Coffee Break
1030 - 1130 Election of the Bureau (Presentation of the Experts Report - Mr P.R.O. Owade, Director of Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Int. Co-operation (Kenya)
(Chair - Republic of Kenya)
1130 - 1245 Intervention by Delegations (Five)
(Chair - Amb. Dos Santos)
1245 - 1400 Lunch
1400 - 1515 Intervention by Delegations (Five)
(Chair - Nairobi Secretariat)
1515 - 1545 Tea/Coffee Break
1545 - 1645 Progress and expectations of International Processes
AU - Amb. Djinnet
Friends of Nairobi - UK
Amb. E .Reyes - UNPoA
(Chair - Republic of Burundi)
1800 - 2000 Cocktail/Reception


Thursday, August 8,2002
0900 - 1000 Presentation of Ministerial Declaration by Hon. Maj. (Rtd) Marsden Madoka, M.P., and Adoption of Report
(Chair - Democratic Republic of Congo)
1000 - 1030 Ministerial Declaration Public Signature
(Chair - Democratic Republic of Congo)
1030 - 1130 Tea/Coffee Break
1130 - 1215 Closing of meeting by Hon. Maj. (Rtd) Marsden Madoka, M.P., Minister for Foreign Affairs and Int. Co-operation (Kenya)
(Chair - The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia)
1300 - 1400 Lunch



EXPERTS MEETING
Monday, August 5, 2002

0900 - 0930 Registration
0930 - 1030 Opening of Experts Meeting by Mrs Rebecca Nabutola, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Int. Co-operation (Kenya)
  • Welcome Remarks
  • Objectives of the Experts Meeting

(Chair - Mr P.R.O.Owade, Director of Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Int. Co-operation (Kenya)

1030 - 1120 Tea/Coffee Break
1120 - 1150 Overview of the Nairobi Declaration,
Achievements, Challenges and Expectations of the Nairobi Secretariat.
Mr Ambeyi Ligabo, Nairobi Secretariat.
(Chair - Republic of Rwanda)
1155 - 1255 Feedback from States Parties on progress with implementation of the Nairobi Declaration Achievements, challenges and expectations for the next year.
(Chair - Republic of the Sudan)
1155 - 1210 Republic of Burundi
1210 - 1225 Democratic Republic of Congo
1225 - 1240 Republic of Djibouti
1240 - 1255 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
1300 - 1400 Lunch Break
1400 - 1545 Feedback from States Parties on progress with implementation of the Nairobi Declaration
Achievements, challenges and expectations for the next year - continue
(Chair - Fed. Dem Rep. of Ethiopia)
1400 - 1415 The State of Eritrea
1415 - 1430 Republic of Kenya
1430 - 1445 Republic of Rwanda
1445 - 1500 Republic of the Sudan
1500 - 1515 Republic of Uganda
1515 - 1545 The United Republic of Tanzania - including the lessons learned during the implementation of the Nairobi Declaration.
1545 - 1600 Tea/Coffee Break
1600 - 1630 Operationalising the Nairobi Declaration - The legal challenges. (Chairman of the EAPCCO Legal Sub-committee)
(Chair - Republic of Djibouti)
1630 - 1800 Open Discussion and Recommendations.
(Moderator Mr Paul Eavis)
(Chair - The Republic of Uganda)


Tuesday, August 6, 2002
0830 - 0915 Implementation of the Nairobi Declaration - the next 12 months: The Nairobi Secretariat
  • Role and Functions of the Secretariat
  • Staffing and Resources
  • Guidelines for Implementation
Mr Ambeyi Ligabo, Nairobi Secretariat
(Chair - The State of Eritrea)
0915 - 0945 Open Discussion (Moderator Mr Jan Kamenju)
(Chair - Republic of Burundi)
0945 - 1015 Tea/Coffee Break
1015 - 1245 Review and Revision of the Implementation Plan of the Nairobi Declaration.
(Moderator Mr Ambeyi-Ligabo, Nairobi Secretariat)
(Chair - Democratic Republic of the Congo
1245 - 1400 Lunch Break
1400 - 1730 The Way Forward - Recommendations and Experts Report for The Ministerial Conference. (Moderator - Virginia Gamba)
(Chair - United Republic of Tanzania)





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