| Tuesday, 11 November 2003 |
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Arrival of participants and
transfer to the Tequendama hotel |
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Registration of participants at
Hotel Tequendama. |
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| Wednesday, 12 November 2003 |
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| 07:30 |
Registration of participants in
lobby of the Tequendama hotel. |
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| 09:00 |
Opening Ceremony |
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Remarks by
Colonel (R) William
McDonough, General coordinator, OAS Mine Action Program
(Comprehensive Action against Antipersonnel Mines--AICMA) |
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Remarks by
Mr. Dennis Barlow,
Director, Mine Action Information Center, James Madison University |
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Remarks by
Dr. Francisco Santos
Calderon, Vice President of the Republic of Colombia and
President of the National Intersectorial Commission for Mine
Action |
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| 09:30 |
Break |
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| 09:45 |
Presentation on the Role of the OAS Mine
Action Program (AICMA), with emphasis on the component of
antipersonnel mine victim assistance.
- Colonel (R) William McDonough |
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| 10:00 |
Presentations by representatives of
mine-affected countries in the Americas |
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Moderator: Colonel (R) Carl Case,
OAS Mine Action Program |
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Presenters: |
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10:00 |
Nicaragua,
Dr. Juan Umaña Loáisiga, Technical
Secretary, National Demining Commission |
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10:30 |
Colombia,
Ms. Maria Paulina Lozano,
Coordinator of the Promotion and Monitoring Component of Victim
Assistance of the Antipersonnel Landmine Observatory |
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11:00 |
El Salvador,
Licenciada Lourdes de Morales,
National Council of People with Disabilities (CONAIPD) |
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11:30 |
Break |
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12:00 |
Argentina,
Captain José Alberto
Montivero, Health Department, Military Chief of the General
Staff of the Navy |
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12:15 |
Chile, Colonel Rafael Guerra Ibarra, Officer
of the Staff of the Chilean Army, National Demining Commission |
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12:30 |
Ecuador, Dr. Helena Yanez, councilor of the
Demining Program of Ecuador |
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12:45 |
Guatemala,
Mr. Jhony Mauricio Cabrera,
Executive Coordinator, Congress of the Republic |
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13:00 |
Honduras,
Dr. Maria Antonia Navarro, First
Secretary of the Embassy of Honduras in Colombia |
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13:15 |
Perú, Mr. Wilyam Lucar Aliaga, General
Coordinator of the Peruvian Antipersonnel Mine Action Center (CONTRAMINAS),
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. |
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Testimony of Colombian victims: |
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Military:
Captain (R) Oscar Buitrago |
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Civilian:
Mr. Richard Villadiego |
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| 13:30 |
Lunch |
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Location: Tequendama Hotel |
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| 15:00 |
Panel - "Collection of
Information and Mine Victim Databases" |
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Moderator:
Dr. Suzanne Fiederlein,
Mine Action Information Center, James Madison University |
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Panelists: |
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-Mrs. Mariany Monroy, Coordinator
of the Information Management Component of the Antipersonnel Mine
Observatory, Colombia |
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-Mr. Nelson Castillo,
Comprehensive Action against Antipersonnel Mines (AIMCA-OAS),
Ecuador |
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-Mr. Simon Berger, Geneva
International Center for Humanitarian Demining |
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| 16:00 |
Q & A |
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| 16:30 |
Break |
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| 16:45 |
Panel - "Emergency and
Continuing Medical Care" |
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Moderator:
Dr. Jose Rodolfo Muñoz,
Universidad Nacional, Forensic Medicine and Anthropology |
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Panelists: |
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-Dr. Adam Kushner, Physicians for
Human Rights |
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-Dr. Jorge Alberto Vélez,
Coordinator of the Health Service of ECOPETROL, Cali |
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| 17:45 |
Q & A |
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| 18:00 |
Adjourn for day |
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| 19:00 |
Hosted dinner |
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Location: Tequendama Hotel |
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| Thursday, 13 November 2003 |
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| 09:00 |
Panel - "Physical and
Psychological Rehabilitation" |
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Moderator:
Dr. Sandino Asturias
Valenzuela, Coordinator of the Demobilized URNG of Guatemala
and Member of the Executive Coordinating Unit of the Demining
Coordinating Committee of Guatemala |
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Panelists: |
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-Dr. Fernando Serrano Bonnito,
Director of the Prosthesis and Amputation Services, Central
Military Hospital of Colombia |
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-Dr. Jeannette Perry de Saravia,
Founding President of the Integral Rehabilitation Center of
Colombia (CIREC), Colombia |
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-Dr. William Boyce, Central
American Land Mines Survivor Project, Queen's University |
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-Mr. Jesus Martinez, Landmine
Survivor's Network |
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| 10:00 |
Q & A |
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| 10:45 |
Break |
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| 11:00 |
Panel - "Training and
Socio-Economic Reintegration" |
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Moderator: Dr. Jannette Perry de
Saravia, Founding President of CIREC, Colombia |
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Panelists: |
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-Mr. Carlos Orozco, Comprehensive
Action against Antipersonnel Mines (AICMA-OAS), Nicaragua |
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-Mr. Jesus Martinez, Landmine
Survivors Network |
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-Dr. Jack Victor, World
Rehabilitation Fund |
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| 12:20 |
Q & A |
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| 12:45 |
Lunch |
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Location: Tequendama Hotel |
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| 14:30 |
Panel - "National and
Intersectorial Coordination of Victim Assistance Programs" |
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Moderator: Col (R) William McDonough,
General Coordinator of the AICMA-OAS |
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Panelists: |
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-Dr. Juan Umaña Loáisiga, Technical
Secretary, National Demining Commission, Nicaragua |
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-Mr. Alvaro Jimenez, Colombian
Campaign Against Landmines |
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-Sr. Pedronel Aristizábal Cardona,
Rotary Club, Colombia |
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| 15:30 |
Q & A |
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| 15:45 |
Break |
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| 16:00 |
Working Groups: To facilitate and
focus discussion, participants will be divided into three
different working groups; each group will have a moderator who
will present the groups' conclusions and recommendations in
plenary. |
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Group #1 - Moderator: Dr. Suzanne
Fiederlein, Mine Action Information Center, James Madison
University |
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"Data Collection and Information
Exchange" |
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Group #2 - Moderator: Dr. Gustavo
Vargas, Queens University |
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"Emergency and Continuing
Medical Care and Physical Rehabilitation" |
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Group #3 - Moderator: Mr. Carlos
Orozco, Coordinator of AICMA-OAS Nicaragua |
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"Psycho-Social Rehabilitation
and Economic Reintegration" |
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| Friday, 14 November 2003 |
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| 09:00 |
Plenary: Presentation of Working Group
conclusions and recommendations |
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| 09:45 |
Q & A |
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| 10:00 |
Panel - "Regional Perspectives
on Victim Assistance" |
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Moderator: Mr. Dennis Barlow,
Director of the Mine Action Information Center, James Madison
University |
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Panelists: |
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-Mr. David Chaplin, Program
Coordinator, Americas and Europe, Department of Foreign Affairs
and International Trade, Mine Action Team (DFAIT/ILX) |
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-Mr. Pontus Ohrstedt, United
Nations Development Program, UNDP |
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-Mr. Thomas Johnson, Director of
the Program on Democratic Governance, US Agency for International
Development (USAID) |
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| 10:45 |
Q & A |
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| 11:00 |
Break |
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| 11:15 |
Conclusions and Closing Ceremony |
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-Colonel (R) William McDonough,
General Coordinator of the AICMA-OAS |
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-Mr. Dennis Barlow, Director,
Mine Action Information Center, James Madison University |
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-Sr. Tomás Concha, Vice-director
of the Human Rights Program of the Vice-presidency of Colombia |
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