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Effective Strategies to Mitigate the Threat Posed by the use of Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) by non-State actors
Date: March 8, 2007 - 9.30 AM
Place: Headquarters Washington DC

Remarks by a representative of Inter-American Defense Board.  (2')

Regional Approaches. Review of OAS, APEC efforts. Presentation by Ambassador Alfredo LabbĂ© Villa, Alternate Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations  (25')

Review of other regional efforts. Presentation by Peyotr Litavrin, Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia  (12')

Presentation by Jenifer McAdam, Director National Security Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australia  (16')

Presentation by Donna A. Phelan, Senior Arms Control Advisor, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) (16')

Presentation by Pamela Maponga – Officer in Charge of the Conventional Arms Branch Department for Disarmament Affairs (UN) (10')

Implementation of OAS MANPADS Guidelines. Remarks by the delegations.  (32')

INAUGURAL SESSION. Introductory Remarks by the Chair of the Committee on Hemispheric Security, Ambassador Javier Sancho Bonilla  (9')

FIRST PLENARY SESSION. Adoption of the Agenda and Calendar. Election of the Rapporteur.  (7')

MANPADS and Civil Aviation. Technical Briefing on MANPADS. Presentation by Mr. Chris Hughes, United Kingdom Ministry of Defence “MANPADS: What they do and how they do it”  (12')

MANPADS and the Threat to Civil Aviation. - Presentation by Halina Biernacki, Aviation Security Officer, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) (17')

Presentation by Aaron McCrorie, Chief of Research and Evaluation, Security Policy, Transports Canada (17')

Effective National Strategies to Mitigate the MANPADS Threat. - Presentation by Matthew Schroeder, Federation of American Scientists "The MANPADS Threat - A Civil Society Perspective." (17')

Export and Import controls. Presentation by Colonel Jan-Erik Lövgren, Deputy Director-General of the Swedish Inspectorate of Strategic Products  (17')

Stockpile Management and Physical Security. Presentation by the Inter-American Defense Board (IADB)  (17')

Remarks by the delegations. (26')