Conference of the States Party to The

Conference of the States Party to The

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CONFERENCe of the states party to the

INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION AGAINST THE ILLICIT MANUFACTURING OF AND TRAFFICKING IN FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, EXPLOSIVES,

AND OTHER RELATED MATERIALS (CIFTA)

SECOND CONFERENCE OF THE STATES PARTY TO CIFTAOEA/Ser.L/XXII.4.2

February 20-21, 2008CIFTA/CEP-II/doc.1/07 rev.2

Mexico City, Mexico20 February 2008 Original: Spanish

AGENDA OF THE

SECOND CONFERENCE OF STATES PARTY

(Adopted at the first plenary session, held on February 20, 2008)

  1. Consideration and adoption of the Draft Agenda and Draft Schedule of the Second Conference of the States Party
  1. Election of officers of the Second Conference of States Party:

-President

-Vice Presidents

  1. Current status and implementation of the Convention

-Report on the status of compliance with the mandates arising out of the Declaration of Bogotá (Presentation by the pro tempore Secretariat of CIFTA)

-Report on the activities carried out by the General Secretariat with respect to implementation of the Convention (Presentation by Christopher Hernández-Roy, Director of the OAS Department of Public Security)

-Report of the General Secretariat on the status of national legislation implementing CIFTA (Presentation by Christopher Hernández-Roy, Director of the OAS Department of Public Security)

-Presentations by the Technical Secretariat on:

a.Status of ratifications of the Convention;

b.Directory of single points of contact;

c.Directory of central authorities; and

d.CIFTA website.

  1. National experience, developments, challenges, and needs concerning the implementation of CIFTA

-Comments by the states party

-Comments by the signatory states

  1. Subregional experience and actions by other organizations to combat illicit trafficking in firearms, ammunition, explosives, and other related materials:

-Subregional presentations

-Presentation by UN-LiREC (including SALSA system and UNPOA)

-Presentation by UNODC

-Presentation by INTERPOL

-Presentation by IANSA

-Presentation by the International Committee of the Red Cross

  1. Dialogue among delegations: How to strengthen implementation of CIFTA and foster cooperation and technical assistance to that end. Topics could include:

a.Measures states party could adopt for the fulfillment of Article VII.2 of CIFTA, including destruction and the hemispheric roster of confiscated firearms, ammunition, and explosives (Article VII. 2);

  1. Control mechanisms and security in the handling of firearms and explosives under CIFTA, especially for strengthening controls at points of import and export (Article X of CIFTA and Chapter III of the Declaration of Bogotá) and for the exchange of information among states (Article XIII, sections 1.a), b) and c) of CIFTA);
  2. Cooperation mechanisms for the exchange of information and specific cooperation projects through CIFTA’s “single points of contact” (Articles XIII and XIV);
  3. Guaranteeing the necessary financial resources for full implementation of CIFTA;
  4. Strengthening the Technical Secretariat of CIFTA with financial and human resources; and
  5. Strengthening law enforcement and customs agency cooperation for the purposes of CIFTA (Articles VIII, IX, X, XIV)
  1. Date of the Third Conference of States Party
  1. Adoption of the final document: Tlatelolco Commitment of the Second Conference of States Party
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