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Statements from the first international follow-up conference to the EWIPA declaration

Opening session

  • Ms. Tine Mørch Smith, Director General, Department for Multilateral Affairs, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Mr. Andreas Kravik, State Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway
  • Ms. Marwa Almbaed, Student of Occupational Therapy, Survivor and Self-Advocate from Syria
  • Dr. Younis Al-Khatib, President of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS)
  • Ms. Svitlana Avramenko, Head of War-related Threat Awareness Department, Ukrainian Red Cross Society
  • Ms. Radhya al-Mutawakel, Representative for the International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW)
  • Ms. Mélanie Régimbal, Chief of Service of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs - Geneva
  • Ambassador Noel White, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations in Geneva

Session 1: Military policies and practises

  • Rear Admiral Bjørn-Erik Marthinsen, Deputy of the Norwegian Defence Staff
  • Mr. Arnold Kammel, Secretary General of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence
  • Ms. Wendy MacClinchy (moderator), Director of the United Nations program at Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC)
  • Ltcol Peter de Bock MA EMSD, Senior Policy Advisor on Protection of Civilians, Directorate of International Affairs, The Netherlands Ministry of Defence
  • Mr. Dan Stigall, Director for Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Policy, Office of the United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism, Special Operations & Low-Intensity Conflict
  • Mr. Laurent Gisel, Head of the Arms and Conduct of Hostilities Unit, Legal Division of the ICRC
  • Ms. Diana Castillo, Director of International Relations, Colombian Ministry of Defence
  • Ms. Laura Boillot, Director, Article 36
  • Morocco (Mr.)
  • Côte d’Ivoire (Mr.)
  • Switzerland (Mr.)
  • Aotearoa New Zealand (Mr.)
  • Belgium (Mr.)
  • Finland (Ms.)
  • Dominican Republic (Ms.)
  • United Kingdom (Mr.)
  • Australia (Ms.)
  • Chile (Mr.)
  • China (Mr.)
  • Germany (not delivered)
  • San Marino (not delivered)
  • Uruguay (not delivered)
  • Peru (not delivered)
  • INEW (not delivered)

Session 2: Understanding direct and indirect effects

  • Mr. Robin Geiss (moderator), Director, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) 
  • Ambassador Ammar Hijazi, Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine
  • Ms. Katherine Young, Research and Monitoring Manager, Explosive Weapons Monitor
  • Mr. Simon Walker, Chief, Rule of Law and Democracy Section, The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
  • Mr. Ezequiel Heffes, Director, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict
  • Germany (Mr.)
  • Action on Armed Violence (Mr.)
  • Peru (Mr.)
  • UNMAS (Mr.)
  • Canada (Ms.)
  • Türkiye (Ms.)
  • Brazil (Mr.)
  • Portugal (Mr.)
  • Sierra Leone (Mr.)
  • Liechtenstein (Mr.)
  • Italy (Mr.)
  • INEW (Ms.)
  • Geneva Water Hub, PAX, CEOBS, NPA (Ms.)
  • Médecins sans Frontière (Ms.)
  • ICRC (Mr.)
  • White Helmets (Mr.)

Session 3: Assisting conflict-affected communities

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina (Ms.)
  • Cambodia (Mr.)
  • Ms. Dina Abou Samra (moderator), Protection Advisor in the Policy Advice and Planning Section, The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
  • Ms. Alma Taslidzan, Disarmament and Protection of Civilians Manager, Humanity & Inclusion
  • Ambassador Julien Thöni, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations in Geneva
  • Ms. Hazel de Wet, Deputy Director, Office of Emergency Programmes, The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
  • Mr. Alonso Martínez Ruiz, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations in Geneva
  • European Union (Ms.)
  • Palestine (Ms.)
  • France (Ms.)
  • Argentina (Mr.)
  • Norwegian Red Cross (Ms.)
  • Japan (Mr.)
  • Mine Advisory Group (Mr.)
  • Cuba (Ms.)
  • Egypt (Mr.)
  • The Civilian Agenda (Ms.)
  • PAX, Norwegian People's Aid, and Geneva Water Hub (Mr.)

Closing session: The way forward to universalisation

  • INEW (Ms.)
  • Lao PDR (Ms.)
  • United States (Mr.)
  • Holy See (Mr.)
  • Save the Children (Ms.)
  • Human Rights Watch (Ms.)
  • Youth statement (video)
  • Ms. Caoimhe Udom, Deputy Director, Disarmament & Non-Proliferation, Irish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Ms. Juliana Helou van der Berg, Political Affairs Officer (UNODA)
  • Mr. Alejandro Solano Ortiz, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Costa Rica
  • Ms. Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, Minister of International Development, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs