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PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE OEA/Ser.G ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES CP/CSH-826/07 corr. 1 2 March 2007 COMMITTEE ON HEMISPHERIC SECURITY Original: Spanish

Special Meeting on Consolidation of the Regime Established in the Treaty of Tlatelolco and on the Worldwide Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban 1/ March 15, 2007 Washington, D.C.

DRAFT SCHEDULE

10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. OPENING SESSION

 Introduction by the Chair of the Committee on Hemispheric Security, Ambassador Javier Sancho Bonilla, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the OAS

 Remarks by the Secretariat for Multidimensional Security

10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. FIRST PLENARY SESSION

1. Adoption of the agenda

2. Adoption of the schedule

3. Commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the adoption and opening for signature of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco)

 Presentation by Ambassador Edmundo Vargas Carreño, Secretary General, Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL)

 Comments by member states

1. Pursuant to resolutions AG/RES. 2245 (XXXVI-O/06) and AG/RES. 2186 (XXXVI-O/06). - 2 -

4. Report of the Secretary General of OPANAL on fulfillment of the commitments undertaken by the states of the region in resolution AG/RES. 2245 (XXXVI-O/06) and in the Declaration on Security in the Americas, especially paragraph 11 of the Declaration regarding the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons

5. Worldwide comprehensive nuclear test ban

 Presentation by Ambassador Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary, Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)

1: 00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. LUNCH

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

5. Continuation of item 5: Worldwide comprehensive nuclear test ban

 Presentation by Mr. Randy Rydell, senior political affairs officer, United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs

 Presentations by civil society organizations

- Dr. Douglas Shaw, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War

- Jonathan Granoff, President, Global Security Institute (GSI)

- Dr. David Krieger, President, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

6. Progress toward entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

 Presentation by Ambassador Ana Teresa Dengo, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica in Vienna and Chair of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)

7. Presentation on the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC)

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