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INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION AGAINSTTHEOEA/Ser.L/XXII.2.8
ILLICIT MANUFACTURING OF ANDTRAFFICKINGCIFTA/CC-VIII/doc.2/07 rev. 2
IN FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, EXPLOSIVES,11 April 2007
AND OTHER RELATED MATERIALS (CIFTA)Original: Spanish
Consultative Committee
Eighth Regular Meeting
April 19, 2007
Washington, D.C.
DRAFT AGENDA
1.Study and approval of the Draft Agenda (CIFTA/CC-VIII/doc.2/07 rev. 2)
2.Report of the Pro Tempore Secretariat on activities during the 2006-2007 period
3.CIFTA-CICAD Group of Experts
i.Report by the Chair of the Second Meeting
(6.2 GE/CIFTA-CICAD/doc.6/07)
ii.Discussion of the name and nature of the CIFTA-CICAD group of experts
iii.Discussion of the Model Legislation on Marking and Tracing (6.1 GE/CIFTA-CICAD/doc.3/06 rev. 2 corr. 1)
iv.Discussion of the Model Legislation on the Strengthening of Controls at Export Points (6.2 GE/CIFTA-CICAD/doc.2/06 rev. 1)
v.Topic, date, and venue of the Third Meeting
4.Report of the Technical Secretariat of the Consultative Committee on the status of signatures and ratifications of the CIFTA (CIFTA/CC-VIII/doc.10/07) and the updating of the directory of single points of contact (CIFTA/CC-VIII/doc.5/07) and of central authorities for mutual legal assistance (CIFTA/CC-VIII/doc.6/07)
5.Experiences and developments in the implementation of the Convention by the General Secretariat and the United Nations
i.Christopher Hernández-Roy, Director, Department of Public Security
ii.Carl Case, Principal Specialist, Office of Humanitarian Mine Action, Department of Public Security
iii.Melanie Regimbal, Assistant Director, UN-LiREC
iv.Mark Steinbeck, Deputy Head of the Regional Delegation of the United States and Canada of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
6.Exchanges of information and experiences of the Convention’s states parties in 2006
7.Information on steps being taken toward prompt ratification of the CIFTA by states that have signed the Convention but are not yet states parties to it
8.Discussion of the draft resolution “Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials” (CIFTA/CC-VIII/doc.4/07 rev. 2)
9.Discussion of the Draft Work Program for 2007-2008 (CIFTA/CC-VIII/doc.7/07)
10.Election of the Pro Tempore Secretariat, in compliance with Article XXI of the Convention
11.Setting the date for the Second Conference of States Parties and the next regular meeting of the Consultative Committee, in compliance with Article 7 of its Internal Rules of Procedure
12.Other business