Senate debates

Tuesday, 21 August 2012

Bills

Criminal Code Amendment (Cluster Munitions Prohibition) Bill 2010; In Committee

12:46 pm

Photo of Scott LudlamScott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Minister Feeney, Austria has stated:

… foreign stockpiling of cluster munitions on the national territory of States Parties is prohibited by the Convention. … Should a State Party to the Convention allow a foreign state to stockpile cluster munitions on its territory, this action would be in violation with the provision entailed in Article 1 paragraph c that prohibits assistance …

Does the minister or his advisers agree with that view?

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