Report of the Portfolio Committee on Defence on the United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflicts, dated 15 February 2005:

The Portfolio Committee on Defence, having considered the request for approval by Parliament of the United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflicts, referred to it, recommends that the House, in terms of section 231(2) of the Constitution, approve the said Protocol.

Request to be considered.