REVICED 20 April 2005 


United Nations Workshop 
on Small Arms and Light Weapons in Beijing* 


Beijing, China, 19-21 April 2005 

*Co-Sponsored by the Governments of China, Japan and Switzerland 

Programme 

Tuesday, 19 April 2005 

9:00-9:20 Photo session 
9:30-10:20 Opening session 
(Chair: Mr. Zhang Yan, Director General, Department of Arms Control 
and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China) 
Opening statement 
Mr. Nobuyasu Abe 
Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations 
Welcoming remarks 
H.E. Mr. Qiao Zonghuai 
Vice Foreign Minister, China 
Ambassador Mitsuro Donowaki 
Special Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Japan 
Ambassador Dante Martinelli 
Ambassador of Switzerland to China 
10:20-10:40 Coffee break 


10:40-12:00 Plenary I 
Major problems and challenges in combating the illicit trade in SALW 
(Chair: Mr. Tsutomu Ishiguri, Director, Regional Centre for Peace and 
Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific, Department for Disarmament 
Affairs, United Nations) 

Southeast Asia --Security implications and SALW issues in the context of 
trans-national organized crime 

Mr. Iwa Mulyana 
Head of Section for Asia-Pacific Security Affairs, Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs, Indonesia 

Central Asia--Security implications and the follow-up of the March 2004 
Regional Workshop 

Mr. Sergey Savelyev 
Chief of International Security Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 
Kazakhstan 

12:00-13:00 
Plenary II 
Further implementation of the PoA 
(Chair: Mr. Wang Qun, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs, China) 

Overview of the establishment of national contact points and national 
coordinating agencies, and the submission of national reports by States and 
other related matters 

Ms. Pamela Maponga 
Senior Political Affairs Officer, Conventional Arms Branch, Department 
for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations 

Prospect of the 2005 Biennial Meeting of States 

Ambassador Pasi Patokallio 
Ambassador of Finland to Canada 
Chairman-designate for the Second Biennial Meeting of States on SALW 

Prospect of the on-going broad-based consultations on further steps to 
enhance international cooperation in preventing, combating and eradicating 
illicit brokering in SALW 

Ms. Pamela Maponga 
Senior Political Affairs Officer, Conventional Arms Branch, Department 
for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations 


Further implementation of PoA 

Mr. Long Zhou 
Director, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs, China 

Assistance in preparing national reports on the implementation of the PoA 

Mr. Peter Batchelor 
Team Leader, Small Arms and Demobilization Unit, UNDP Geneva 

13:00-14:30 
Lunch 

14:30-15:30 
Continuation of Plenary II 

15:30-15:45 
Coffee Break 

15:45-18:00 
Plenary III 
Sharing experiences in combating the illicit trade in SALW 
(Chair: Ambassador Mitsuro Donowaki, Special Assistant to the 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan) 

Experience of Chinese police on strict control of firearms and combating 
illicit production of and trafficking in firearms 

Mr. Xu Hu 
Deputy Director-General, Public Order Management Department, Ministry 
of Public Security, China 

National laws and regulations, including control and trade of SALW 

Mr. Keith Krause 
Programme Director, Small Arms Survey, Geneva 

SALW collection and destruction 

Mr. Kentaro Gemma 
Former Project Manager, JSAC 


Mr. Bernado Mariani 
Team Leader Eastern Europe, Saferworld, London 

19:00-20:30 
Welcoming Reception hosted by Mr. Zhang Yan, Director General, 
Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs, China (at Summer Palace Grand Ballroom B on 2nd floor) 


Wednesday, 20 April 2005 

9:30-11:30 Plenary IV 
Marking and tracing of SALW 
(Chair: Mr. Anton Thalmann, Ambassador of Switzerland to Canada, 
Chairman of the OEWG on Tracing Illicit SALW) 
Prospect of the negotiations of an international instrument on marking and 
tracing of SALW 
Ambassador Anton Thalmann 
Ambassador of Switzerland to Canada 
Chairman of the OEWG on Tracing Illicit SALW 
11:30-11:45 Coffee Break 
11:45-13:00 Continuation of Plenary IV 
13:00-14:30 Lunch 
14:30-15:30 Plenary V 
Breakout session for Central Asian countries 
(Chair: Mr. Long Zhou, Director, Department of Arms and Control and 
Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China) 
Sharing experiences on national achievements and challenges 
Mr. Yurii Kryvonos 
Senior FSC Officer, Conflict Prevention Centre, OSCE Vienna 
Mr. Asanbek Osmonaliev 
Counsellor, Secretariat of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization 
All participating countries from the region 
15:30-15:45 Coffee Break 
15:45-17:30 Plenary VI 
Breakout session for ASEAN countries 
(Chairs: Mr. Tsutomu Ishiguri, Director, Regional Centre for Peace and 
Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific, UN DDA) 
Sharing experiences on national achievements and challenges 
Mr. David de Beer 
Special Adviser to the European Commission, Project Manager, 
EU-ASAC, Phnom Penh 


All participating countries of ASEAN 

Thursday, 21 April 2005 

9:30-10:45 
Plenary VII 
Regional cooperation and multilateral efforts in combating the illicit 
trade in SAW (Regional cooperation among police, customs, border 
control agencies) 
(Chair: Ambassador Mitsuro Donowaki, Special Assistant to the Minister 
of Foreign Affairs, Japan) 

Regional efforts among ASEAN countries 

Mr. David Nelson 
Regional Specialized Officer, ICPO Interpol Liaison Office for South East 
Asia, Interpol Bangkok 

Mr. Ramli Mohd. Noor 
Principal Assistant Secretary, Policy Unit, Security and Public Order 
Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia 

Mr. Pongphisoot Busbarat 
Policy and Planning Analyst, Office of National Security Council, Thailand 

Regional efforts among Central Asian countries 

Mr. Fukrat Lafizov 
Deputy Head of International Organizations Department, Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs, Tajikistan 

 Mr. Dilyor Khakimov 
Head of Division, United Nations and International Organizations Affairs 
Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Uzbekistan 

10:45-11:00 
Coffee Break 

11:00-12:00 
Concluding session 
(Chair: Mr. Tsutomu Ishiguri, Director, Regional Center for Peace and 
Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific, Department for Disarmament 
Affairs, United Nations) 


Concluding remarks 

Mr. Tsutomu Ishiguri 
Director, Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the 
Pacific, Department for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations 

Ambassador Mitsuro Donowaki 
Special Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Japan 

Ambassador Dante Martinelli 
Ambassador of Switzerland to China 


 Mr. Zhang Yan 
Director-General, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry 
of Foreign Affairs, China 

12:00-13:30 Lunch