A Peaceful Legacy Now:
Briefing & Discussion on Cluster Bomb Removal and Assistance in Laos
November 5, 2009
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
777 6th Street, NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20001
(Gallery Place – Chinatown Metro)
The meeting will focus on the current status of UXO clearance, risk
awareness and victim assistance in Laos. Experts from Laos and the
U.S. will share their perspectives on the opportunities for greater
collaboration among the public, private and non-governmental sectors
to address this long-term problem. The meeting format will allow for
participants’ feedback and discussion.
8:30am – 9:00am ~ Continental Breakfast
9:00am – 9:30am ~ Welcome & Introductions
Brett Dakin, Chair, Board of Directors,
Legacies of War
Channapha Khamvongsa, Executive Director,
Legacies of War
Opening Remarks
Introduction and remarks from dignitaries
and honored guests
* H.E. Phiane Philakone, Ambassador,
Embassy of the Lao PDR
Or Mai Sayavongs, Minister Counselor and
Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Lao PDR
9:30am – 10:00am ~ * Safe Path Forward I &II Strategic Plan
(2010-2020)
Dr. Maligna Saignavongs, Director,
National Regulatory Authority
Tim Horner, Sr. Technical Advisor,
National Regulatory Authority
(via videolink from Vientiane, Laos)
10:00am – 10:30am ~ * Victim Assistance & Rehabilitation – National
Survey (2008)
Mike Boddington, Technical Advisor -
Victim Assistance, National
Regulatory Authority & Cooperative
Orthotic and Prosthetic
Enterprise (COPE)
(via videolink from Vientiane, Laos)
10:30am – 11:00am ~ Questions & Discussion
11:00am – 11:10am ~ Break
11:10am – 11:45am ~ U.S. Assistance to Laos
* Charles Stonecipher, Program Manager -
Asia and the Pacific,
Office of Weapons Removal & Abatement,
U.S. Department of State
12:30pm – 1:30pm ~ Lunch & Speaker H.E. Kanika Phommachanh, Ambassador
of
Lao PDR to the United Nations
1:30pm – 2:30pm ~ In the Village: UXO Clearance, Mine Risk Education
and Development Issues
* Formal and Unregulated UXO Clearance
Steve Wilson, Director of International
Relations, Mines Advisory Group
Q&A
* Awareness & Education
Sarah Bruinooge, Program Officer, World
Education/Consortium
Q&A
* UXO and Development Issues
Wendy Batson, Executive Director,
Handicap International - USA
Steve Ginther, Program Manager for Mine
Action, Humpty Dumpty Institute
2:30pm – 3:00 pm ~ Q&A and Discussion
3:00pm – 4:00pm ~ Summary and Wrap Up
Titus Peachey, Director of U.S. Peace
Program, Mennonite Central Committee
6:00pm – 8:00pm ~ Legacies of War Reception
Please join us for a viewing of our
national traveling exhibition and enjoy
delicious Laotian appetizers and
beverages.
At the home of Kae & Don Dakin
2019 Q Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
(Dupont Circle Metro)
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