Joint Standing Committee on Treaties

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

Report 74 Treaty tabled on 28 March 2006

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May 2006
Canberra

Membership of the Committee
Resolution of appointment
List of abbreviations
List of recommendation
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Agreement for Establishment of the Global Crop Diversity Trust
Appendix A - Submissions
Appendix B - Witnesses

Membership of the Committee

Chair	Dr Andrew Southcott MP
Deputy Chair	Mr Kim Wilkie MP
Members	Hon Dick Adams MP	Senator Andrew Bartlett
	Mr Michael Johnson MP	Senator Carol Brown
	Mr Michael Keenan MP	Senator Brett Mason
	Mrs Margaret May MP	Senator Julian McGauran
	Ms Sophie Panopoulos MP	Senator Glenn Sterle
	Mr Bernie Ripoll MP	Senator Russell Trood
	Hon Bruce Scott MP	Senator Dana Wortley

Committee Secretariat

Acting Secretary	Janet Holmes (from 1/5/2006 )
Secretary	Gillian Gould (until 28/4/2006 )
Inquiry Secretary	Stephanie Mikac
Research Officer	Serica Mackay
Administrative Officer	Heidi Luschtinetz

Resolution of appointment

The Resolution of Appointment of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties allows it to inquire into and report upon:

matters arising from treaties and related National Interest Analyses and proposed treaty actions presented or deemed to be presented to the Parliament;
any question relating to a treaty or other international instrument, whether or not negotiated to completion, referred to the committee by:

either House of the Parliament, or
a Minister; and

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 abbreviations

ACIAR	Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
ATSE	Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
AusAID	Australian Agency for International Development
CGIAR	Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
DAFF	Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
FAO	United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
GCDT	Global Crop Diversity Trust
IARC	International Agricultural Research Centre
IPGRI	International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
NIA	National Interest Analysis
UK	The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
US	United States of America

List of recommendations

2 Agreement for Establishment of the Global Crop Diversity Trust

Recommendation 1

The Committee supports the Agreement for Establishment of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, done at Rome on 1 April 2004 and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.