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• Two additional coordinators on transparency reporting and on national
implementation measures;
• Coordination Committee comprising the President, the coordinators and
representatives of the United Nations, ICRC and the Cluster Munition
Coalition.
The Meeting also agreed to establish “as soon as possible and
preferably no later than the Third Meeting of States Parties” an independent
Implementation Support Unit (ISU), hosted by the Geneva International
Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) and led by a Director. The
President was mandated to negotiate, in consultation with the States parties,
an agreement with GICHD on the hosting of the ISU, as well as a funding
model to cover the costs of the ISU activities, and present these proposals to
the States parties for their approval.
The Meeting submitted for consideration and recommended for use by
the States parties some practical tools for the implementation of the CCM, for
instance, on the application of all available methods for efficient identification
of contaminated areas and release of land deemed uncontaminated, on model
legislation, and on national implementation. The Meeting also warmly
welcomed the Beirut Progress Report108 on the implementation of the 66
concrete steps and goals (actions) contained in the 2010 Vientiane Action
Plan109 and adopted the Beirut Declaration. 110
The Third Meeting of States Parties of the Convention will be held
in Oslo for up to four days from 10 to 14 September 2012, and it will be
chaired by Steffen Kongstad (Norway). The informal intersessional meeting
of the working groups will take place in Geneva from 16 to 19 April 2012.
The Meeting also appointed Coordinators111 to guide the intersessional work
programme. As of the Second Meeting, the Convention was signed by 108
States112 and ratified by 63 States.
108 CCM/MSP/2011/5, annex II.
109 CCM/MSP/2010/5, annex II.
110 CCM/MSP/2011/5, annex I.
111 Working Group on the General Status and Operation of the Convention: Holy See (in
2012) and Zambia (in 2012 and 2013), Working Group on Universalization: Japan (in
2012) and Portugal (in 2012 and 2013), Working Group on Victim Assistance: Austria (in
2012) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (in 2012 and 2013), Working Group on Clearance and
Risk Reduction: Lao People’s Democratic Republic (in 2012) and Ireland (in 2012 and
2013), Working Group on Stockpile Destruction and Retention: Germany (in 2012) and
Croatia (in 2012 and 2013), Working Group on Cooperation and Assistance: Spain (in
2012) and Mexico (in 2012 and 2013); Reporting: Belgium (in 2012 and 2013); National
Implementation Measures: New Zealand (in 2012 and 2013).
112 Pursuant to its article 15, the Convention is no longer open for signature.
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