Mutshamaxitulu, i nhlekanhi lowunene.
English:
The ANC supports this ratification. The decision was taken on 26 February in the committee meeting that was held. The committee having have considered it and we submit it for approval for ratification by this House.
The Beijing Treaty on audiovisual performances was adopted by the Diplomatic Conference on the Protection of Audiovisual Performances which took place in Beijing in 2012 as some of the other members have said. The critical importance of this treaty was to grant audio performers moral rights, protect heir image and economic rights to their performance and therefore the Beijing has recognised all these important rights since audiovisual performers were left out of other key treaties such as the Performances and Phonograms Treaty, WPPT, and the Rome Convention.