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General Secretariat Legal Affairs Sector

Legal Affairs Department

Regional Programme for the Arab States

to Prevent and Combat Crime, Terrorism and Health Threats and Strengthen Criminal Justice Systems in Line with International Human Rights Standards (2016-2021)

The Second Steering and Follow-up Committee Meeting

Cairo, Egypt

28-29 November 2017 Headquarters of the League of Arab States

Draft Agenda

Day one: Tuesday, 28 November 2017

Plenary Session

09:00-09:30 Registration of participants

09:30-10:00

Opening Remarks by: • Ambassador Fadel Mohamed Jawad, Assistant-Secretary-General and Head of Legal

Affairs Sector, General Secretariat, League of Arab States • Ms. Cristina Albertin, Regional Representative, UNODC Regional Office for the Middle

East & North Africa

10:00-10:15 Adoption of the agenda and presentation of the methodology of the Steering and Follow-Up Committee Meeting

10:15-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-11:40

Presentation of UNDOC preliminary 2017 results under the Regional Programme (2016-2021) and status of implementation of previous recommendations of the Steering Committee

• Mr. Julien Garsany, Deputy Regional Representative, UNODC • Questions and answers

11:45-12:30 Spotlight on: “Land Border Control to combat Illicit Trafficking and its Nexus with Terrorist Groups”

• Mr. Aymeric Salamone, Regional Land Border Control Advisor, UNODC

12:30-12:50 Explanation of group work

• Ms. Sahar Al-Jobury, Advocacy Officer, UNODC

Meetings of Delegates in Separate Thematic Subprogrammes

12:50-14:20

Subprogramme 1 and 2 "Combating Organized crime" and "Countering terrorism"

Group discussion between Member States’ representatives on the results obtained under SP-1 and SP-2, and related recommendations by the Steering Committee for 2018 Moderators:

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• Mr. Ali Elbereir, Head of Subregional Programme Office in Libya, UNODC

• Mr. El Tayib Lash’hab, Third Secretary, Legal Consultations and Studies Department, Legal Affairs Sector, General Secretariat, League of Arab States

12:50-14:20

Subprogramme 3 and 4 "Countering Corruption and Financial Crime" and " Criminal justice and Crime Prevention"

Group discussion between Member States’ representatives on the results obtained under SP-3 and SP-4, and related recommendations by the Steering Committee for 2018 Moderators: • Ms. Myrna Bouhabib, Criminal Justice Programme Manager,

UNODC • Ms. Wehda El-Shairi, Legal Researcher, Legal Consultations

and Studies Department, Legal Affairs Sector, General Secretariat, League of Arab States

12:50-14:20

Subprogramme 5 “Prevention of Drug Use, Treatment and Care of Drug Use Disorders, and HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care”

Group discussion between Member States’ representatives on the results obtained under SP-5, and related recommendations by the Steering Committee for 2018 Moderators: • Dr. Mohamed Hamad, Programme, HIV National Project

Coordinator, UNODC • Counselor Saeed El-Hayidh, Director of Health and

Humanitarian Assistance Department Social Affairs Sector, General Secretariat, League of Arab States

14:40 Lunch at League of Arab States

Day two: Wednesday, 29 November 2017

Meetings of Delegates in Separate Thematic Subprogrammes

09:30-11:00

Subprogramme 1 and 2 "Organized crime" and "Countering terrorism"

Group discussion between Member States’ representatives on the results obtained under SP-1 and SP-2, and related recommendations by the Steering Committee for 2018 Moderators: • Mr. Ali Elbereir, Head of Subregional Programme Office in

Libya, UNODC • Mr. El Tayib Lash’hab, Third Secretary, Legal Consultations

and Studies Department, Legal Affairs Sector, General Secretariat, League of Arab States

09:30-11:00

Subprogramme 3 and 4 "Countering Corruption and Financial Crime" and "Crime Prevention and Criminal justice"

Group discussion between Member States’ representatives on the results obtained under SP-3 and SP-4, and related recommendations by the Steering Committee for 2018 Moderators: • Ms. Myrna Bouhabib, Criminal Justice Programme Manager,

UNODC • Ms Wehda El-Shairi, Legal Researcher, Legal Consultations

and Studies Department, Legal Affairs Sector, General Secretariat, League of Arab States

09:30-11:00 Subprogramme 5 “Prevention of Drug Use, Treatment and Care of Drug Use Disorders, and

Group discussion between Member States’ representatives on the results obtained under SP-5, and related recommendations by the Steering Committee for 2018

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HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care”

Moderators: • Dr. Mohamed Hamad, Programme, HIV National Project

Coordinator, UNODC • Counselor Saeed El-Hayidh, Director of Health and

Humanitarian Assistance Department Social Affairs Sector, General Secretariat, League of Arab States

11:00-11:30 Coffee break

Plenary Session

11:30-12:30 Validation of the Steering Committee’s Recommendations • Moderator: Mr. Hatem Aly, UNODC Representative for the GCC Countries

12:30-13:00

Closing Session • Ambassador Fadel Mohamed Jawad, Assistant-Secretary-General and Head of Legal

Affairs Sector, General Secretariat, League of Arab States Ms. Cristina Albertin, UNODC Regional Representative for Middle East & North Africa