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agreements without the concurrence of the States and Territories. The Alliance Government has decided to follow the procedure adopted by all States and the Northern Territory. The decision whether or not to support an international agreement will be made at Cabinet level, after full consultation with relevant agencies and advisory bodies. The Minister concerned will then make a statement to the Assembly with full public and parliamentary debate to follow if members so desire.

This procedure will mean that the ACT is in a position to provide quicker responses to the Commonwealth on important matters of international concern. For the information of Assembly members, I now table copies of the convention on the rights of the child and the optional protocols to the international covenant on civil and political rights, together with some additional background material. I table the following papers:

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocols to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights -

Questions and Answers, prepared by the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department.

Responses to concerns, prepared by the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department.

A treaty for children: papers prepared by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission entitled -

Informing people about the new convention.

Setting standards.

Ten years in the making.

Important to Australian children ... and families.

Important to children of the world.

Questions and answers.

Convention on the Rights of the Child, dated December 1988.

First Optional Protocol.

Second Optional Protocol.

I move:

That the Assembly takes note of the papers.

Debate (on motion by Mr Stevenson) adjourned.

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