On 19 September 2018, the Norwegian Embassy in Lebanon conducted a Mine Action Forum -2- on clearance of mines and cluster munitions at the Four Seasons Hotel – Beirut, under the supervision of the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining center (GICHD), where Mrs. Helen Gray managed the workshop, activities, which included the following:

• Welcome speech by H.E. Mrs. Lene Lind

• Speech of Br. General Ziad Nasr where he thanked the Norwegian Ambassador for her support in the success of this workshop; Br. Gen. Nasr also thanked all supporting countries and donors for all their efforts in the Lebanon Mine Action Program, and he urged everyone to a more support to the center in order to complete of the agreements according to the a time frame in the mine action conflict.

• Speeches by ambassadors, military attachés, representative of UNDP in Lebanon

• Presentations held by Lebanese Armed Forces Officers of LMAC about latest activities of the center

• Presentation by NPA Program manager about their experience with Mine Detecting Dogs and presentation by DCA about the use of the Swedish T-IMS Technique.

At the end of the workshop, Mrs. Gray pointed that she will prepare draft recommendations and results of the workshop, and they will be discussed with the Norwegian Ambassador and the LMAC. On her turn, H.E. Mrs. Lind thanked the participated countries and Br. General Ziad Nasr for his efforts.