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THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1994
GOVERNOR:
FREE MAN.
NOTHING'S TROUBLING ME, I'M AS THE COUNCIL KNOWS A TROUBLE- WHAT DOES INTEREST ME IS HOW WE CAN BEST SECURE THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND ITS PROPER IMPLEMENTATION. LET ME SPELL OUT WHAT I MEAN IN THE FOREIGN SOME DETAIL. THE ARGUMENTS SET OUT BY AMNESTY AND BY AFFAIRS SELECT COMMITTEE AND PERSUASIVELY BY THE HONOURABLE LADY FOR A TO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ARE POSITED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE NEED MAKE PROGRESS IN THREE AREAS. FIRST OF ALL WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT AWARENESS
DO SOMETHING OF HUMAN RIGHTS. SECONDLY WE NEED TO
AFFORDABILITY. ABOUT ACCESS AND THIRDLY WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
IT'S
ΤΟ A LEGITIMATE NOW
QUESTION
ASK
YOU MEET WHETHER OBJECTIVES BEST BY SETTING UP A HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
OBJECTIVES. THERE ARE OTHER WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN MEET THOSE SEEMS TO ME TO BE A PERFECTLY REASONABLE ARGUMENT TO HAVE. LOOK AROUND THE
FIND IT'S DIFFICULT TO WORLD,
MANY
WHICH HAVE
AND BOTH A BILL OF RIGHTS
A COMMUNITIES COMMISSION. CANADA IS ONE SUCH, BUT THERE AREN'T MANY OTHER EXAMPLES.
WHICH ARE CAN
COMMISSIONS THINK OF SOME HUMAN RIGHTS TOOTHLESS CREATURES AND PERHAPS AT THE END OF THE DAY DO LESS FOR ADVANCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS THAN COULD HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED IN OTHER WAYS.
ONE
THOSE OR WHETHER THAT IF YOU
EXAMPLES OF HUMAN
RIGHTS
PRETTY THE
IS AN WE
ALL I'M DOING IS SAYING TO THE HONOURABLE LADY, THERE ARGUMENT AND WHAT WE WANT TO ENSURE AT THE END OF THE DAY IS THAT
RATHER THAN MORE ΤΟ HAVE DONE MORE TO SECURE THE BILL OF RIGHTS
MEET UNDERMINE THE BILL OR RIGHTS. WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
SHARE. THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES SET OUT BY AMNESTY AND OTHERS WHICH I THAT IS AWARENESS, ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY,
BE THERE'LL
A
OF LOT
DISCUSSION
SIT
ALONG SIDE A
THIS. AN EQUAL PRESSURE
RIGHTS
AND DEBATE ABOUT THERE'LL BE A GOOD DEAL OF DISCUSSION AND DEBATE ABOUT HOW OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION OR WOMEN'S' COMMISSION, IF THERE IS
OF THOSE ONE TO SET
UP, WOULD
HUMAN COMMISSION, WHEN IT WOULD BE PLAINLY DOING A GREAT DEAL OF THE WORK OF
OF A HUMAN
DEAL RIGHTS COMMISSION. THERE'LL BE A GOOD
DISCUSSION
ABOUT THE ENHANCED ROLE OF
FOR ADMINISTRATIVE THE COMMISSIONER
I'M SURE AT THE COMPLAINTS IN RELATION TO A HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.
STRENGTHENING THE END OF THE DAY WE CAN ALL SHARE THE OBJECTIVE OF BILL OF RIGHTS AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION AND I HOPE THAT WE COME OFF WITH SOLUTIONS WHICH THE HONOURABLE LADY FINDS AS ACCEPTABLE AS I DO.
GOVERNOR,
MISS
PRESIDENT. ANNA WU; MAY I ASK A SHORT FOLLOW-UP MR HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE YOU TO COME TO A DECISION ON THIS MATTER?
ONE
STARTING
GOVERNOR: AS I SAID IN MY STATEMENT, WE WANT TO COME TO A DECISION BY THE END OF JUNE, BUT IT MAY WELL BE THAT IN RELATION TO THAT AND OR TWO OTHER ISSUES WHICH ARE STARTING TO INTEREST, WELL NOT TO, WHICH ARE INTERESTING AND CONCERNING THE COUNCIL, WE WOULD WANT TO COME TO A CONCLUSION EARLIER THAN THAT IF POSSIBLE.
MISS ANNA WỤ: THANK YOU,
L
/MR TIMOTHY HA
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