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Appendix D — Delegation program

Delegation visit to Europe and the United States
30 June – 15 July 2009

Delegation Members

Mr Kelvin Thomson MP, Committee Chair and Delegation Leader

Mr John Forrest MP, Deputy Leader of Delegation

Ms Jill Hall MP

Mr Luke Simpkins MP

Ms Julia Searle, Delegation Secretary

Program

Wednesday, 1 July 2009

Geneva

16:00     Briefing by HE Ms Caroline Millar, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and to the Conference on Disarmament

Thursday, 2 July 2009

10:00     Plenary meeting of the Conference on Disarmament

11:45     Meeting with HE Mr Ahmet Üzümcü, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Turkey

13:00     Lunch hosted by HE Ambassador Millar

Attending the lunch

HE Mr Christian Strohal, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Austria

HE Mr Hamid Ali Rao, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of India

HE Mr Dian Triansyah Djani, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Indonesia

HE Mr Im Han-taek, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea

Mr Victor Vasiliev, Minister and Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Russia

HE Mr Jürg Streuli, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Switzerland

Mr Gary Larson, Chargé d’Affaires, Permanent Mission of the United States of America

Mr Tim Caughley, Consultant on Disarmament and Humanitarian Affairs

15:30     Meeting with HE Mr John Duncan, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom

16:45     Meeting with Mr Anders Johnsson, Secretary General,
Inter-Parliamentary Union

Friday, 3 July 2009

Vienna

15:00     Briefing by HE Mr Peter Shannon, Ambassador

17:00     Reception with the Australian staff of the International Atomic Energy Agency and Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization

Monday, 6 July 2009

10:00     Meeting with the International Atomic Energy Agency

              Mr David Waller, Deputy Director General, Head, Department of Management

Mr Vilmos Cserveny, Assistant Director General for External Relations and Policy Coordination

Mr Tariq Rauf, Head, Verification and Security Coordination

Mr Syed Akbaruddin, Head, Technology and Safety Policy Coordination, Interagency Affairs and Protocol

Mr Tim Andrews, Nuclear Security Project Advisor, Programme Support Group, Office of Nuclear Security

Mr Marco Marzo, Director, Division of Safeguards Operations A

Mr Herman Nackaerts, Director, Division of Safeguards Operations B

12:15     Lunch with Mr David Waller and Mr Peter Waggitt, IAEA

14:00     Meeting with the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization

              Mr Ziping Gu, Officer in Charge of the CTBTO and Director, Legal and External Relations Division

              Mr Lassina Zerbo, Director, International Data Centre Division

Mr Theo Juurlink, Officer in Charge, International Monitoring System Division

              Mr Jun Wang, Officer in Charge, On-Site Inspection Division

Wednesday, 8 July 2009

Washington

10:00     Meeting with Ms Kasia Mendelsohn, Policy Director, Office of Nonproliferation and National Security, National Nuclear Security Administration

11:15     Meeting with Mr Shane Johnson, Acting Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy

12:45     Lunch meeting with:

Dr Joan Rohlfing, Senior Vice President for Programs and Operations, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)

Ms Corey Hinderstein, Director, International Programs, NTI

Ms Sharon Squassoni, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

14:30     Roundtable meeting with the Stimson Center led by Ms Ellen Laipson, President and CEO

16:00     Meeting with Mr Paul Brannan, Senior Analyst, Institute for Science and International Security

17:00     Meeting with Mr Daryl Kimball, Executive Director, Arms Control Association

Thursday, 9 July 2009

10:00     Meeting with Mr David Stuart, Deputy Chief of Mission

11:00    Meeting with Mr Vann Van Diepen, Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation, Department of State

14:00     Meeting with Dr Lawrence Scheinman, Distinguished Professor, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies

15:30     Meeting with Mr Robert Einhorn, Special Adviser for Non-proliferation and Arms Control, Department of State

Friday, 10 July 2009

New York

09:00     Meeting with HE Mr Gary Quinlan, Ambassador

10:00     Meeting with Mr Sergio Duarte, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs

11:15     Meeting with HE Mr Hasan Kleib, Deputy Permanent Representative of Indonesia

13:30     Lunch hosted by Chargé d’Affaires Goledzinowksi

Attending the lunch:

Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo, Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs, United States Mission

Ambassador Philip Parham, Deputy Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom

Mr Xavier Chattel, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of France

15:30     Meeting with Mr Zhou Long, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of China

Monday, 13 July 2009

10:00     Roundtable meeting with the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs

12:30     Meeting with Mr Konstantin Dolgov, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia

13:15     Lunch hosted by Chargé d’Affaires Goledzinowksi

Attending the lunch:

HE Mr Shigeki Sumi, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Japan

Brigadier Fred Tolit, Counsellor, Military Advisor, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Uganda

Mr Ismail Cobanoğlu, Counsellor and Disarmament Expert, Permanent Mission of Turkey

Ms Marcela Calderón, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Costa Rica

15:00     Meeting with Dr John Burroughs, Executive Director, Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy

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