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CONFERENCE OF THE STATES PARTY OF THE INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION AGAINST THE ILLICIT MANUFACTURING OF AND TRAFFICKING IN FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, EXPLOSIVES, AND OTHER RELATED MATERIALS (CIFTA)

FIRST CONFERENCE OF THE STATES PARTY OEA/Ser.L/XXII.4.1 March 8 - 9, 2004 CIFTA/CEP-I/doc.2/04 rev. 1 Bogotá, Colombia 8 March 2004 Original: Spanish

SCHEDULE OF THE FIRST CONFERENCE OF THE STATES PARTY

(Adopted at the First Plenary Session, held on March 8, 2004)

Monday, March 8, 2004

8:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Registration of participants

9:00 a.m. -10:00 a.m. INAUGURAL SESSION

 Remarks by the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, His Excellency, Dr. César Gaviria Trujillo

 Remarks by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Carolina Barco

10:15 a.m. -1:00 p.m. FIRST PLENARY SESSION

10:15 a.m. -10:30 a.m. Adoption of the Draft Schedule

Adoption of the Draft Agenda

Adoption of the Draft Rules of Procedure

Election of officers

a. President b. Vice Presidents Monday, March 8, 2004 FIRST PLENARY SESSION (continued)

10:30 a.m. -11:15 a.m. Status of development and application of the Convention

 Importance of the Convention in terms of peace and security in the Hemisphere: Scope and objectives – Presentation by Ambassador Horacio Serpa Uribe, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the OAS and Secretary pro tempore of the Consultative Committee of CIFTA

 Background to the Convention (Presentation by Ambassador Mario Chacón, Head of Delegation of Mexico)

 Report on the status of ratification and implementation of the Convention: Developments, progress, and difficulties (Presentation by Mr. Jorge García González, Director, Technical Secretariat for Legal Cooperation Mechanisms, OAS Secretariat for Legal Affairs)

11:15 a.m. -12:00 p.m. Comments by delegations

12:00 p.m. -1:00 p.m. Consideration of the Draft Declaration of Bogotá on the Functioning and Application of the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (CIFTA)

1:00 p.m. Session concludes

3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. SECOND PLENARY SESSION

Other CIFTA-related international and hemispheric developments in the prevention and control of the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, ammunition, explosives, and other related materials:

3:00 p.m. -3:30 p.m. a. Developments in the United Nations framework:

 Progress in the application of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects – Presentation by Mr. João Bernardo Honwana, UN Department for Disarmament Affairs

 Similarities and complementarities of the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects in regional and subregional cooperation to prevent and avert the illicit trafficking in and diversion of firearms – Presentation by Mr. Pericles Gasparini Alves, Director, United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-LiREC) Monday, March 8, 2004 SECOND PLENARY SESSION (continued)

3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. b. Cooperation and assistance programs to strengthen control and prevention of the illicit traffic in and diversion of firearms - Presentation by Mr. Michael Sullivan, Principal Attorney, Department of Legal Services, OAS, and Legal Advisor to the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control (CICAD)

3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. c. Hemispheric network on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters – Presentations by Mr. Pierre-Gilles Bélanger, Senior Counsel, Department of Justice of Canada and Coordinator of the OAS Working Group on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, and Ms. Rosario Duaso, Expert of Canada to the OAS Working Group on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters

4:00 p.m. -4:15 p.m. d. Technical and financial assistance for the destruction of confiscated and stored weapons – Presentation by Mr. Enrique F. Perez, Executive Assistant to the Assistant Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) of the United States of America

4:15 p.m. -5:00 p.m. Comments by delegations

Tuesday, March 9, 2004

9:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. THIRD PLENARY SESSION

9:00 a.m. -10:00 a.m. Subregional experiences and developments in the prevention and control of the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, ammunition, explosives, and related materials:

Presentations by:

 MERCOSUR: Mrs. María Julia Rodríguez, Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina

 Andean Community (CAN): Mr. Rafael Suárez Camacho, Project Manager, CAN General Secretariat

 Central American Group (GRUCA), Dominican Republic, and Panama: Commissioner General Ana Julia Guido, Assistant Director General of the National Police, Ministry of Government, Nicaragua  CARICOM: Chief Superintendent Marvin Dames, Royal Bahamas Police Force

Tuesday, March 9, 2004 THIRD PLENARY SESSION (continued)

10:00 a.m. -10:30 a.m. Comments by delegations

10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Dialogue of Heads of Delegation: Strengths, challenges, and cooperation arrangements in the application of the Convention

2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. FOURTH PLENARY SESSION

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Dialogue of Heads of Delegation: Strengths, challenges, and cooperation arrangements in the application of the Convention (continued)

3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Consideration of the date of the Second Conference of the States Party

3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Adoption of the Draft Declaration of Bogotá on the Functioning and Application of the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (CIFTA)

4:00 p.m. -4:30 p.m. CLOSING SESSION

Remarks by the President of Colombia, His Excellency, Dr. Álvaro Uribe Vélez

4:30 p.m. Conference concludes

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