COMMITTEE REPORTS

National Assembly

1. Report of the Portfolio Committee on Water and Environmental Affairs on the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of South Africa and the Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho, dated 5 September 2012.

The Portfolio Committee on Water and Environmental Affairs, having considered the request for approval by Parliament of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of South Africa and the Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho on the Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, recommends that the House, in terms of section 231 (2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, approve the said International Agreement.

Report to be considered.

2. Report of the Portfolio Committee on Water and Environmental Affairs on the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity, dated 5 September 2012.

The Portfolio Committee on Water and Environmental Affairs, having considered the request for approval by Parliament of the Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity, recommends that the House, in terms of section 231 (2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, approve the said International Agreement.

Report to be considered.