Stephen Parry (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, I present report No. 104 of the committee, Treaties tabled on 20 August 2009 and move:

That the Senate take note of the report.

Question agreed to.

I seek leave to have a the tabling statement incorporated in Hansard.

Leave granted.

The statement read as follows—

Mr President, I present Report 104 of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties. The report recommends binding treaty action be taken in relation to the following treaties:

• the Proposed Amendment of the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund to Enhance Voice and Participation in the International Monetary Fund;
• the Proposed Amendment of the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund to Expand the Investment Authority of the International Monetary Fund; and
• the Proposed Amendment of the Articles of Agreement of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to Enhance Voice and Participation in the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Mr President, the Committee has taken the unusual step of making an interim recommendation that binding treaty action be taken while the Committee undertakes a more detailed examination of the three treaty amendments involved.