The Select Committee on Security and Constitutional Development, having considered the request for approval by Parliament of the Amendments to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate effects, tabled in terms of section 231(2) of the Constitution, 1996, recommends that the National Council of Provinces, in terms of section 231 (2) of the Constitution, approve the agreement.