International Conference
on
Mine Clearance Technology




I. STATES


AFGHANISTAN

Mr. Mohammad Younus
Projects Officer
Mine Clearance Planning Agency

ANGOLA

Mr. Adul Carimo
Assistant
Embassy of Angola

Mr. Eugenio da Silva Cruz
General & Director
INAROE

Colonel Miguel Kiangola
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

General Adriano Makelvela MacKenzie
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Josefina Pitra-Diakita
Ambassador
Embassy of Angola

ARGENTINA

Mr. Roberto Aguero
Army General Secretariat

AUSTRALIA

Mr. David A. Urquhart
Country Program Manager - Laos
AusAID

AUSTRIA

Mr. Willibald Berenda
Director
Ministry of the Interior

Dr. Werner Ehlich
Minister Plenipotentiary
Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Mr. Rudolf Hubmann
Expert

Major Wolfgang Reitschmied
Ministry for Defense

Major Alfred Zaruba
Ministry for Defense
BANGLADESH

Lt. Colonel Syed Badrul Ameen
Bangladesh Army

Colonel Tariq Ahmed Siddiqui
Bangladesh Army


BELGIUM

Mr. Yvan Baudoin
Professor
Royal Military Academy

Mr. Eric Carette
Technical Expert
Belgian Army

Mr. Dominique M. De Crombrugghe
Frres des Hommes Europe

Mr. Patric Defoort
Technical Expert
Belgian Army

Mr. Patrick Merckx
Technical Expert
Belgian Army

Mr. Josef Verbist
Technical Expert
Belgian Army

Mr. Guido Willekens
Technical Expert
Belgian Army


BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Mr. Mirza Jamakovic


CAMBODIA

Mr. Sothy Phan
Chief of Staff
Cambodian Mine Action Centre

Mr. Ry Tuy
Second Secretary
Permanent Mission of Cambodia


CANADA

Lt. Col. B.H.C. Bowness
Cambodia Mine Action Centre

Mr. Guy Cadieux
Counsellor
Canadian Embassy, Copenhagen

Major Al Carruthers
Project Manager
Defence Research Establishment Suffield

Mr. Vaughn Guy
Program Manager
Computing Devices

Mr. Stuart Henley
Military International Ltd.

Mr. Daniel Kelly
Head, National Defence Demining
Department of National Defence


CROATIA

Mr. Milc Akmadzic
Advisor of Vice-Prime Minister

Mr. Slavko Haluzan
Head of Department
Ministry of Defence


CZECH REPUBLIC

Mr. Petr Beyr
Ministry of Defence

Mr. Josef Kohout
Ministry of Defence

Mr. Jan Rendek
Ministry of Defence


DENMARK

Mr. Flemming Bahner
Managing Director
CAT Science Park

Mr. William Boe
Head of Section, Legal Service
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Peter Bruckner
Under-Secretary for Multilateral Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Carsten Cederbye
Major & Deputy Head of Procurement & Logistics Division
Ministry of Defence

Mr. B. Haugsted
Engineer
Ministry of Defence, Danish Defence Research Establishment

Captain N. Kamp
Ministry of Defence, Army Engineering & NBC School

Mr. Ole E. Moesby
Head of Relief Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Jorgen Moltoft
CAT Science Park

H.E. Poul Nielson (President of the Conference)
Minister for Development Cooperation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Major R.P. Petersen
Ministry of Defence

Mr. P.F. Scheuer
Chief of Defence, Headquarters
Ministry of Defence

Mr. Kristian Schmidt
Head of Section, North Group
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Major L.R. Schmidt
Ministry of Defence, Army Engineering and NBC School

Mr. Niels Severin Munk
Deputy Head of Relief Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Conference Coordinator


EGYPT

Colonel Mohamed Mamdouh Abd El Malek

Major Zakarya Sheahata


ERITREA

Major Gen. Teclai Habteselassie

Lt. Colonel Rusom Semere


ETHIOPIA

Lt. Itsai Gebreselassie
Demining Division, Ministry of Defence

Major Yirdaw Gebrie Ananya
Demining Division, Ministry of Defence


FINLAND

Capt. Marko Alamaki

Mr. Mika Koskinen
Attache
Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Major Martii Makkonen
Defence Materiel Establishment HQ

Mr. Pasi Patokallio
Deputy Director General
Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Major Jarmo Pckkala
Defence Staff, Engineer Section

Mr. Seppo Raiha
Project Manager
SISU Defence

Major Mikko Taussi


FRANCE

Mr. Olivier de la Baume
Chef de l'Action Humanitaire
Ministre des Affaires Etrangres

Lt. Col. Michel Fradin
Centre de Formation au deminage Luanda


GERMANY

Mr. Peter Beuthner
Daimler-Benz Aerospace, Sensorsysteme

Lt. Col. Manfred Merk
Ministry of Defence

Mr. Dieter Metzenroth
Project Manager Mine Clearance
Diehl Gmbh & Co.

Dr. Gunther Mulack
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Lutz Vogt
Director
Gerbera


INDIA

Brigadier R.S. Kapur

Colonel K.S. Rao

Mr. S. Kantamneni


INDONESIA

Lt. Colonel Czi. Budiman
Department of Defence & Security

Colonel Czi. Agustinus R. Wetik
Department of Defence & Security


IRELAND

Mr. Jim Burke
Military Engineer
The Defence Forces


ISRAEL

Mr. Abraham Amidor
Director of Projects Dev. Mod.
Israeli Embassy, Copenhagen

Mr. Arie Kemer
First Secretary
Israeli Embassy, Copenhagen

Mr. David Langman
ELTA Electronics Industry Ltd.

Mr. Eitan Lidor
Rct. Brigader General

Mr. Gedalyahu Manor
Professor
Agr. Eng. Dept. Technion

Lt. Col Amnon Mozes
Red Wings Ltd.

Mr. Meir Sauariego
Managing Director
I.E.O.D. Engineering Ltd.


ITALY

Captain Fabrizio Ricci
Ministry of Defence


JAPAN

Ms. Yoshiko Kizima
Official
Ministry of Foreign Affairs


JORDAN

Brigadier General Mahmoud Ajaj
G.H.O. Jordan Armed Forces

Colonel Majeed A.S. Alomari
G.H.O. Jordan Armed Forces


LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

Mr. Bouala Keooudom
Mine Clearance Project in Xieng Khoung

Mr. Saykham
Ministry of Labour and Welfare


LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA

Mr. Muftah Swessi El-Furjani
Charge d'Affairs
Libyan Peoples Bureau in Copenhagen


MOZAMBIQUE

Mr. Osorio Mateus Severizno
Director
National Mine Clearance Committee


NAMIBIA

Captain E.S. Ambambi
SO3 Operations
Army Headquarters
Grootfontein

Lieutenant N.A. Joel
Ministry of Defence


NETHERLANDS

Mrs. Nicole Leonie De B. Prince-v. Kempen
Technical Project Officer
Ministry of Defence

Mr. Gerbrand Bastiaan Monster
Project Manager
Royal Netherlands Army

Mr. Walter Fiers
Captain - Head of Training
Netherlands Army EOD

Mrs. Yvonne M.L. Janssen
Project Manager
Mine Detection Research, TNO

Ms. Sylvia Martens
Assistant
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ms. Margriet Struijf
Coordinator
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Frederik Sweer
Passive Defence Officer
Netherlands Air Force

Mr. Simon van der Burg
Ministry of Foreign Affairs


NICARAGUA

Major Ricardo Torres Morales

Captain Ugarte


NORWAY

Mr. Kjetil J. Halvorsen
Executive Officer
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Dr. Bjarne S. Haugstad
Defence Research Institute

Mr. Bjorn Lillekjendlie
Head of Division
SINTEF

Mr. Knut Morkved
Ambassador
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Halvard Olimb
Jevnaker
Fotema A/S


REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Dr. Dae Won Kim
Senior Researcher
Agency for Defence Development


RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Mr. Victor Lychtchine
Second Secretary


RWANDA

Captain Mutaganda Francis

Major Joshua Mbaraga
Demining Programme


SAUDI ARABIA

Mr. Mohammed


SLOVAKIA

Mr. Ivan Kralovic
Sales Manager
Kerametal Co. Ltd.

Colonel Ladislav Krupa
Demining Expert
Ministry of Defence

Mrs. Margita Stajekova
Kerametal Co. Ltd.


SOUTH AFRICA

Mrs. Ingrid Kirsten
Third Secretary
South African Embassy, Copenhagen

Lt. Col. A. Minty
Project Officer
SANDF

Mr. Shai Mulder
General & Senior Manager
Demining Armscor

Colonel Abraham Jacobus Rossouw
SSO Combat Engineers

Mr. Theo van Dyk
Manager Demining Operation
Mechem Consultants

Mr. Johan van Zyl
Technical Director
Mechem Consultants


SPAIN

Mr. Manuel Camacho
CTE
Ministry of Defence

Mr. Carlos Miro
Ministry of Justice and Interior

Mr. Manuel Sanchez
Ministry of Justice and Interior


SWEDEN

Lt. Col. Borje Almquist
Army Engineering Centre

Ms. Ann-Mari Goransson
Ministry of Defence

Mr. Peter Gardhagen
Project Manager
Bofors Applied Technologies AB

Mr. Magnus Lindell
Head of Division for Humanitarian Assistance
Swedish International Development Coop.

Mr. Hans Lok
Director of Research
National Defence Research Establishment

Mr. Bjorn Nygren
Principal Technical Officer
Defence Materiel Administration

Mr. Carl Johan Persson
Ambassador
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Major Gunnar Thorn-Andersen
Army Engineering Centre

Major Lennart Wetterholm
Swedish Defence Forces


SWITZERLAND

Colonel Henri Habegger
Federal Military Department

Professor Jean-Daniel Nicoud
Federal Technical Institute of Technology


UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

Mr. Philip Bean
Consultant
Overseas Development Administration

Ms. Anne Doherty
Overseas Development Administration

Dr. Roger Flavill
Defence Research Information Centre

Mr. Alastair McAslan
Ministry of Defence

Mr. Noel Mulliner
Ministry of Defence

Mr. Colin Oram
University of Warwick


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mr. Charles Archer
Engineer Analyst
National Ground Intelligence Center

Colonel Dennis Barlow
Department of Defence

Mr. Timothy Kaufman
Deputy Office Director
Department of State

Mr. Henry F. Mixter
Consultant
EOD World Services


VIET NAM

Mr. Tran Hau Hung
Captain & Technical Assistant
Vietnamese People's Army

Prof. Le Van Trung
Colonel & Chief of Technical Division
Ministry of Defence


YEMEN

Mr. Abdulla Hussein Ahmusaibli
Deputy Chief, General Relations Dept.
Ministry of Defence

Mr. Mohammed Adullah Noaaman
Operation Branch Engineer
Ministry of Defence


YUGOSLAVIA

Mr. Milenko Ziukov

Mr. Zoran Stanic


ZIMBABWE

Lt. Col. Sibangumuzi S. Khumalo
Commandor Engineers
Zimbabwe National Army

Mr. Glen Whabira
Design Engineer
Zimbabwe Defence Industries



II. INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS



EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Dr. Joaquim Fortuny-Guasch
Joint Research Centre

Dr. Ann Franchois
Joint Research Centre

Dr. Alois J. Sieber
Joint Research Centre


ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE

Mr. Fadil Addadi
Counsellor


ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES

Mr. Juan Jose Rodriguez Mariani
Inter American Defense Board



III. UNITED NATIONS



DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS

Mr. Yasushi Akashi
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs

Mr. Ed Tsui
Director, Policy Analysis Division
Secretary of the Conference

Ms. Carolyn Taylor
Deputy Chief, Mine Clearance and Policy Unit
Moderator, Working Group II

Lt. Col. Steve Ransley
Programme Officer
Mine Clearance and Policy Unit

Ms. Mary Fowler
Policy Analysis Division
Media Coordinator

Ms. Nora Benary
Special Assistant to the President
and Coordinator of Technical Support


DEPARTMENT OF PEACE-KEEPING OPERATIONS

Mr. Tore Skedsmo
Chief, Demining Unit

Mr. J.P. Botha
Deputy Chief, Demining Unit


UNITED NATIONS DEMINING PROGRAMMES

Mr. Edward Banks
Programme Manager
Central Mine-Action Office
Unit for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Assistance to Angola
Luanda, Angola

Mr. Angelo Lopes da Viega Branco
Head of Mines Awareness Program
INAROE
Luanda, Angola

Mr. Ian Mansfield
Programme Management Adviser
Laos National UXO Programme
Vientiane
Laos People's Democratic Republic

Lt. Col. Greg Lindstrom
Chief Technical Adviser
Accelerated Demining Programme
Maputo, Mozambique

Mr. J.A.P. D'Almeida
Director
Accelerated Demining Programme
Maputo, Mozambique*

Mr. Robert Keeley
Chief Adviser
United Nations Transitional Office for the
Former Yugoslavia
Zagreb, Croatia

Mr. Noel Spencer
Programme Technical and Training Advisor
Mine Clearance Programme
United Nations Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan
Islamabad, Pakistan

Mr. Khair Mohammad Sharif*
Operations Officer
United Nations Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan
Islamabad, Pakistan

Mr. Poul Dahl
United Nations Coordinator in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq

Lt. Col. Jim Prudhomme
Director
Cambodian Mine-Action Centre
Mittapheap
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Mr. Tong Try*
Cambodia Mine-Action Centre
Mittapheap
Phnom Phenh, Cambodia

Mr. Henry Hirst
Chief Advisor
Mine Action Centre
United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mr. Adnan Gradascevic*
Agency for Protection from Mines
Bosnia and Herzegovina



IV. ORGANIZATIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM



UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND

Mr. Claude Bizet

Mr. Haavald Schjeven


UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Mr. Sultan Aziz



V. NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS



INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS

Mr. Patrick Blagden

Mr. Dominique Loye


INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES

Ms. Linda Bertelsen

Mr. Soren Kromann Hansen

Mr. Jorgen Poulsen

* * *

CAP ANAMUR

Dr. Rupert Neudeck


DANISH CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Mr. Klaus Slavensky


DANISH DEMINING AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES

Mr. Thomas Weber Carlsen


HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL

Ms. Anne Capelle

Mr. William Howell

Dr. Jean-Baptiste Richardier

Mr. Michael Sheinkman

Mr. Vincent Stainer


MENSCHEN GEGEN MINEN

Mr. Hendrik Ehlers

Mr. Inne ten Have


MINE ADVISORY GROUP

Mr. Christopher Horwood

Mr. Lucien McGrath


NORWEGIAN PEOPLE'S AID

Mr. Haavard Bach

Mr. Hans Birkeland

Mr. Hakon Gundersen

Mr. Ole Morten Meland


ONLINE OVERSEAS DENMARK

Mr. Svend-Erik Hendriksen


OPERATION USA

Mr. Richard Walden


RED BARNET

Mr. Herluf G. Madsen


SANKT BARBARA FOUNDATION

Dr. Kramer

Mr. Gerhard Bornmann



VI. OBSERVERS



Mr. Jackson Ramsey
James Madison University
Centre for Geographic Information
Science Project with US Department of Defense

Mr. John Dingley
Intermanagement Group, LMP

Mr. Ron Furze
Director of MILSEARCH
Australia
Contractor on projects for Australian Government

Mr. Achim Reichardt
German Project Coordination

Mr. Dieter Gulle
German Project Coordination

Mr. Danny Gunn
MED-ENG Systems, Canada

Mr. Michel van den Heuvel
Inform

Mr. Dominique de Combrugghe
Freres des Hommes Europe

Dr. Michael Joll
World Business Inc.

Mr. Borge Bloch-Nielsen
Civil Engineer
Erhvervsfremme Styrelsen Industriministeriet

Mr. Henrik Grage

Mr. Michael van den Heuvel

Dr. Manfred Tietze
Head of Techniques
Institut Dr. Forster

Mr. Esben Emborg
Head of Emergency Response Team
Johs. Gram-Hanssen Product Ltd.

Mr. Soren Berner
Danish Centre for Advanced Technology (CAT)

Dr. Ole Nymann
Danish Centre for Advanced Technology (CAT)

Mr. Jorgen Moltoft
Danish Centre for Advanced Technology (CAT)

Ms. Birgitte Yde
Danish Centre for Advanced Technology (CAT)



VII. PRESENTERS OF CONFERENCE PAPERS



Dr. Jakov Adler
Medical Support Unit
Department of Peace-Keeping Operations
United Nations

Mr. Alistair Craib
Director
Baric (Consultants) Ltd.
United Kingdom

Mr. George Focsaneanu
Rtd. Military Engineer
Canadian Armed Forces

Mr. Hap Hambric
Countermine Division
Night Vision Sensor Directorate
Department of Defence
United States

Dr. Vernon Joynt
Divisional Manager
Mechem Consultants
South Africa

Mr. Matt Matulewicz
Maggie Peacocks Working Dogs Ltd.
United Kingdom

Mr. David McCracken
Technical Advisor
c/o Handicap International
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Mr. Lawrence J. Nee
Department of the Army
Project Manager Mines, Countermine and Demolition
Chief, Countermine Division
United States Army



VIII. EXHIBITION PARTICIPANTS



Mr. Ollie Allerhead
Guartel Ltd., UK

Mr. Paul Arnold
Guartel Ltd.

Mr. Martin Auracher
Engineer
Demira

Mr. Jens Aven
Lihregm, Sweden

Mr. Peter Bradshaw
Reutech Defence Industries
South Africa

Mr. Sten-Anders Brink
Bofors Applied Technologies AB
Sweden

Mr. Allan Carlsson
Bofors Applied Technologies AB
Sweden

Mr. Oskar Dietz
Vallon GmbH
Germany

Mr. Sven Ake Tomas Eldh
Bofors Applied Technologies AB
Sweden

Mr. Manuel Ferreira
Reutech Defence Industries
South Africa

Mr. Anders Flogvall
Celsiustech Electronics AB
Sweden

Mr. Peter Gardhagen
Bofors Applied Technologies AB
Sweden

Dr. Andreas Heil
Crew Member
Ebinger Pruf-und Ortungstechnik GmbH

Mr. Karl-Petter Johansen
Bofors Applied Technologies AB
Norway

Mr. Bengt Johasson
Bofors Applied Technologies AB
Sweden

Mr. Bengt Karlen
Bofors Applied Technologies AB
Sweden

Mr. Bo Klaeppe
Akers Krutbruk Protection AB
Sweden

Mr. Niels Ebbe Lundholt
Vallon

Mr. Hakon Nilsson
Bofors Applied Technologies AB
Sweden

Mr. Simo Patulahti
SISU Defence
Finland

Mr. Leif Pentinen
Bofors Applied Technologies AB
Sweden

Mr. Jurgen Sieler
Vallon GmbH
Germany

Mr. Hans Sjosten
Uhregm
Sweden

Mr. Donald James Syme
Miltra Engineering Ltd.
UK

Mr. Peter Thorsten
Specialist for Mines
Gebr. Vielhaben
Germany

Mr. H. Peter Trinkaus
Foerster
Germany

Mr. Knud Vielhaben
Technical Director
Gebr. Vielhaben
Germany

Mr. Nils Vielhaben
Managing Director
Gebr. Vielhaben
Germany