Athens 14 February 2007
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Mine Ban Convention, the Embassies of Australia, Canada and Norway in Athens, in cooperation with the Hellenic Aid, Norwegian People’s Aid and the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) organized a panel discussion on: The Mine Ban Convention: A Decade On.
Speakers:
Mr. Craig Maclachlan, Deputy Permanent Representative of Australia to the Conference on Disarmament and Deputy to the President of the Mine Ban Convention
Mr. Per Nergaard, Director of the Mine Action Unit, Norwegian People’s Aid
Major Ioannis Promponas, Landmine Unit, Ministry of Defence, Athens
Dr. Stamatios A. Papadakis, MD, PhD (Orthopedic surgeon), Médecins du Monde Helllas
Dr. Thanos Dokos, Director General of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
Moderator: Mr. George Kappopoulos, Journalist, Imerissia, Athens