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Nineteen proposed treaty actions were tabled in Parliament on Tuesday 7 December 2004. They included nine proposed treaty actions which had been previously tabled in May-June 2004 and for which public hearings had been held. The Committee has concluded its review of these treaties and the Committee’s recommendations may be found in Report 63.

The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA) was originally tabled on 3 December 2002 (during the 40th Parliament). Submissions were received at this time and two public hearings were held. More information on PGRFA during the 40th Parliament is available.

The Committee invited interested persons and organisations to make submissions addressing the terms of reference by Friday 21 January 2005. Anyone now seeking to make a submission should contact the Committee Secretariat. Please refer to our brochure called preparing a submission for more information.

The following treaties were tabled 7 December 2004.

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There is currently a total of 10 treaties in the following list.

Treaty text: Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Poland relating to Air Services (Warsaw, 28 April 2004)
(PDF 72KB)
Related documents: NIA for Poland treaty (PDF 1997KB)
Letters: not applicable

Treaty text: 2004 Amendments to the Schedule to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, 1946
(PDF 35KB)
Related documents: NIA for whaling treaty (PDF 27KB)
Letters: not applicable

Treaty text: United Nations Convention against Corruption (New York, 31 October 2003)
(PDF 259KB)
Related documents: NIA for UN treaty (PDF 1536KB)
Letters: not applicable

Treaty text: Amendment to the Agreement Establishing the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Paris, 29 May 1990)
(PDF 7KB)
Related documents: NIA for European Bank treaty (PDF 29KB)
Letters: not applicable

Treaty text: Agreement on Bilateral Cooperation between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand (Canberra, 5 July 2004)*
(PDF 45KB)
Related documents: NIA for Thailand treaty (PDF 494KB)
Letters: not applicable

Treaty text: Treaty between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand Establishing Certain Exclusive Economic Zone Boundaries and Continental Shelf Boundaries (Adelaide, 25 July 2004)*
(PDF 168KB)
Related documents: NIA for New Zealand treaty (PDF 698KB)
Letters: not applicable

Treaty text: Termination of the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Slovak Republic on Trade and Economic Cooperation (Canberra, 23 April 1999)*
(PDF 16KB)
Related documents: NIA for Slovak treaty (PDF 501KB)
Letters: not applicable

Treaty text: Joint Agreement on Enhanced Cooperation between Australia and Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby, 30 June 2004)*
(PDF 55KB)
Related documents: NIA for Papua New Guinea treaty (PDF 648KB)
Letters: not applicable

Treaty text: Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air (Montreal, 28 May 1999)*
(PDF 81KB)
Related documents: NIA for International Carriage treaty (PDF 77KB)
Regulation Impact Statement for International Carriage treaty (PDF 98KB)
Letters: not applicable

Treaty text: International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Rome, 3 November 2001)**
(PDF 136KB)
Related documents: NIA for Genetic Resources (PDF 648KB)
Letters: not applicable

* previously tabled on 4 August 2004 but lapsed with the prorogation of Parliament.

** previously tabled on 3 December 2002 but lapsed with the prorogation of Parliament.

Printed copies of the National Interest Analyses and treaty texts for these proposed treaty actions can also be obtained from the Committee Secretariat.