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Towards a Landmine-free Africa

Proceedings of the First Continental Conference of African Experts on Landmines
19 - 21 May 1997, World Trade Centre, Kempton Park, South Africa

Compiled by Penny McMillin and Jean Lausberg

Edited by Jakkie Cilliers

Terminology
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Acronyms
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Introduction: Mr El Ghassim Wane, Organisation of African Unity
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Inaugural Session:

Message: Dr Salim Ahmed Salim, Secretary-General of the Organisation of African Unity
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Message: Mr Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations
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Address: Mr Thabo Mbeki, Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa
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Address: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, on behalf of African Campaigns to Ban Landmines
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Address: Professor Kader Asmal, Minister of Forestry and Water Affairs, and Chairman of the National Conventional Arms Control Committee, Republic of South Africa
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Opening Plenary: Summaries of presentations
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Working Group 1: Achieving a Global Ban on Anti- personnel Mines
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Working Group 2: Enhancing African Capabilities in Landmine Clearance
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Working Group 3: Enhancing the Provision of Assistance to Victims of Landmines
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Plenary Session 4: International Co-operation and Financial Mechanisms for Mine Clearance and Victim Assistance in Africa
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Plan of Action: First Continental Conference of African Experts on Landmines
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Closing Plenary: Address: Mr Joe Modise, Minister of Defence of the Republic of South Africa
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Summary of the discussions: Chairperson of the Conference, Ambassador A Bensid

APPENDICES:


Appendix A: Conference Agenda
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Appendix B: Participants
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Background Documents:

Appendix C: OAU Resolution CM/Res 1593 (LXII)
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Appendix D: OAU Resolution CM/Res 1628
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Appendix E: CCW Protocol II on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices as amended on 3 May 1996
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Appendix F: OAS Resolution: The Western Hemisphere as Anti-Personnel Landmine-Free Zone
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Appendix G: Report of the International Conference on Mine Clearance Technology, Denmark, 2-4 July 1996
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Appendix H: Declaration of the Ottawa Conference, Canada 3-5 October 1996
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Appendix I: UN General Assembly Resolution 51/45 S: An International Agreement to Ban Anti-personnel Landmines
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Appendix J: Final Declaration of the International Conference of Experts on Mechanical Mine Clearance, Petersburg/Bonn, Germany, 11/12 December 1996
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Appendix K: Final Declaration of the 4th International NGO
Conference on Landmines, Maputo, Mozambique,
25-28 February 1997
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Appendix L: Chairman’s Summary of the Tokyo Conference on Anti-personnel Landmines, Japan, 6-9 March 1997
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Appendix M: Summary of the International Expert Meeting on Possible Verification Measures for a Convention to Ban APL, Konigswinter, Germany, 24-25 April 1997
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Appendix N: OAU Resolution CM/Res 363 (LXVI) – Report of the Secretary-General on the Issue of Anti-personnel Mines and International Efforts to Reach a Total Ban
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Appendix O: Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on their Destruction, Oslo, Norway, 18 September 1997
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