Resolution of Appointment
The Resolution of Appointment of the Joint Standing
Committee on Treaties allows it to inquire into and report on:
a)
matters arising from treaties and related National Interest Analyses and
proposed treaty actions and related Explanatory Statements presented or deemed
to be presented to the Parliament;
b)
any question relating to a treaty or other international instrument,
whether or not negotiated to completion, referred to the committee by:
(i)
either House of the Parliament, or
(ii)
a Minister; and
c)
such other matters as may be referred to the committee by the Minister
for Foreign Affairs and on such conditions as the Minister may prescribe.
List of recommendations
2 Resolution MEPC.200(62): Amendments to the Annex of the Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the
Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (Special Area Provisions and the
Designation of the Baltic Sea as a Special Area under MARPOL Annex IV) Adopted
at London on 15 July 2011
Recommendation 1
The Committee supports the Resolution MEPC.200(62): Amendments
to the Annex of the Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention
for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (Special Area Provisions and
the Designation of the Baltic Sea as a Special Area under MARPOL Annex IV)
Adopted at London on 15 July 2011 and recommends that binding treaty action
be taken.
3 Agreement
between the Government of Australia and the European Space Agency for a
Co-operative Space Vehicle Tracking Program Done at Cape Town on 5 October
2011
Recommendation 2
The Committee supports the Agreement between the Government
of Australia and the European Space Agency for a Co operative Space Vehicle
Tracking Program done at Cape Town on 5 October 2011 and recommends that
binding treaty action be taken.
4 Revised
MARPOL Annex V: Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from
Ships (Resolution MEPC.201(62)) Adopted at London on 15 July 2011
Recommendation 3
The Committee supports the Revised MARPOL Annex V:
Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships (Resolution
MEPC.201(62)) adopted at London on 15 July 2011 and recommends that
binding treaty action be taken.
5 Tax Information Exchange Agreements with:
· the
Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein;
· the
Government of Costa Rica;
· the
Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic
of China; and
· the
Government of Liberia.
Recommendation 4
The Committee supports the Agreement between the Government
of Australia and the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein on the
Exchange of Information on Taxes done at Vaduz on 21 June 2011 and
recommends that binding treaty action be taken.
Recommendation 5
The Committee supports the Agreement between the Government
of Australia and the Government of Costa Rica on the Exchange of Information with
Respect to Taxes done at Mexico City on 1 July 2011 and recommends that
binding treaty action be taken.
Recommendation 6
The Committee supports the Agreement between the Government
of Australia and the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region of
the People’s Republic of China for the Exchange of Information Relating to
Taxes done at Macao on 12 July 2011 and recommends that binding treaty
action be taken.
Recommendation 7
The Committee supports the Agreement between the Government
of Australia and the Government of Liberia on the Exchange of Information with
Respect to Taxes done at Monrovia on 11 August 2011 and recommends that
binding treaty action be taken.
6 Agreement between Australia and the Republic of Latvia
on Social Security
Recommendation 8
The Committee supports the Agreement between Australia and
the Republic of Latvia on Social Security done at Riga on 7 September 2011 and
recommends that binding treaty action be taken.
7 Exchange
of Notes constituting an Agreement to extend the Agreement between the
Government of Australia and the Government of the United States of America
concerning the Conduct of Scientific Balloon Flights for Civil Research
Purposes of 16 February 2006
Recommendation 9
The Committee supports the Exchange of Notes constituting
an Agreement to extend the Agreement between the Government of Australia and
the Government of the United States of America concerning the Conduct of
Scientific Balloon Flights for Civil Research Purposes of 16 February 2006 and
recommends that binding treaty action be taken.