1. Report of the Select Committee on Security and Constitutional Affairs on the AU Protocol to the OAU Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism, dated 19 September 2006:

The Select Committee on Security and Constitutional Affairs, having considered the request for ratification by Parliament of the AU Protocol to OAU Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism, referred to it, recommends that the Council, in terms of section 231(2) of the Constitution, ratify the said Convention.

The Committee further recommends that the following interpretative declarations be made with ratification:

The Government of the Republic of South Africa is not a Party to the African Union Convention for the Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa and notes that this is a Convention that has been identified by the Assembly of the African Union as being suitable for review. In the interim the Government of the Republic of South Africa will interpret and apply Article 3(1)(e) in accordance with legislation of the Republic of South Africa applicable to mercenarism, which prohibits the recruitment, use, training of, or engagement in, any mercenary activity.

The Government of the Republic of South Africa shall apply the provisions of Article 8 of the Protocol in accordance with the obligations imposed upon States Parties in Article 8 of the OAU (now African Union) Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism.

Report to be considered.

2. Report of the Select Committee on Security and Constitutional Affairs on the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, dated 19 September 2006:

The Select Committee on Security and Constitutional Affairs, having considered the request for ratification by Parliament of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, referred to it, recommends that the Council, in terms of section 231(2) of the Constitution, ratify the said Convention.

Report to be considered.