Senate debates
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
Bills
Criminal Code Amendment (Cluster Munitions Prohibition) Bill 2010; In Committee
12:46 pm
Scott 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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