The 2013 Meeting of Experts for Protocol V took place from 10 to 12 April in Geneva.

Officeholders and Coordinators for 2013

The President-designate of the Seventh Conference is Ambassador Jan Knutsson of Sweden.

Serving as the Coordinators at the Meeting of Experts were:

• Coordinator on Clearance and Article 4: Mr. Ivan Grinevich of Belarus, and Friend of the Coordinator: Colonel Gerfried Elias of Germany

• Coordinator on Cooperation and Assistance: Mr. Yevgen Lisuchenko of Ukraine

• Coordinator on Generic Preventive Measures: Brigadier General Mario Amadei of Italy

• Coordinator on National Reporting: Major Aviateur Lode Dewaegheneire of Belgium

• Coordinator on Victim Assistance: Mr. Fernando Guzman of Chile, Friend of the Coordinator: Ms. Caroline Woergoetter of Austria

Presentations and statements

Opening

Opening remarks by the President-designate of the Seventh Conference, Ambassador Jan Knutsson

Ghana

Cooperation and assistance

Opening remarks by the Coordinator on Cooperation and Assistance

Australia

China

Estonia

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Montenegro

United States of America

Mine Action Support Group

Small group meeting on cooperation and assistance - participating States were: Australia, Belarus, Canada, Croatia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Montenegro, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Ukraine and United States of America

Generic Preventive Measures

Opening remarks by the Coordinator on Generic Preventive Measures

ODA and UNMAS via skype

Small Arms Survey

Small Arms Survey - Talking points

GICHD

Mines Advisory Group

Mines Advisory Group - Talking points

NATO

Albania

Spain

National reporting

Statement by Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel, Chairperson-designate of the Meeting of States Parties on reporting under the CCW compliance mechanism

ICRC on reporting under the CCW compliance mechanism

Opening remarks by the Coordinator on National Reporting

CCW ISU

Article 4

Opening remarks by the Friend of the Coordinator on Article 4

ICRC

CCW ISU

CCW ISU - States implementing Article 4

Sweden

France

France - Talking points

NATO

Clearance

Opening remarks by the Coordinator on Clearance and Article 4

Coordinator on National Reporting addressing reporting under Article 3

Danish Demining

Belarus

China

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Mozambique

Russian Federation

Russian Federation - Talking points

Senegal

Ukraine

United States of America

Victim Assistance

Opening remarks by the Coordinator on Victim Assistance

Opening remarks by the Friend of the Coordinator on Victim Assistance

Colombia

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

International Committee of the Red Cross

International Labour Organisation

Chile

Croatia

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Sri Lanka

Uganda

Closing

Closing remarks by the President

Update on Protocol V National Annual Reporting

President-designate Ambassador Jan Knutsson wrote to all delegations informing them that the Protocol V national annual reporting form has been revised to include the new section on victim assistance. A copy of the letter can be found here.

Preparations for the Protocol V Meeting of Experts in 2013

The Programme of Work for the Meeting of Experts was available in English and French.

Set out below are the letters of each of the Coordinators on their preparations for the Meeting of Experts:

Letter on Clearance and Article 4 from Mr. Ivan Grinevich

Food-for-thought paper on existing explosive remnants of war from Mr. Ivan Grinevich

Letter on Article 4 and alliances and coalitions from Colonel Gerfried Elias

Letter on Cooperation and Assistance from Mr. Yevgen Lisuchenko

Letter on Generic Preventive Measures from Brigadier General Mario Amadei

Letter on National Reporting from Major Aviateur Lode Dewaegheneire

Paper on National Reporting

Letter on Victim Assistance from Mr. Fernando Guzman and Ms. Caroline Woergoetter