Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes reports that Chinese guards shot a 17-year-old Buddhist nun Kelsong Namlsa and a 13-year-old boy in the Himalayas on 30 September 2006, and that up to 30 Tibetan children, aged between 6 and 10 years were marched away by Red Army guards through the international climbers’ camp at Chu Oyu at Mt Everest;

(b)

expresses deep concern if the reports are confirmed about these events and the well-being of the children and families of the children involved; and

(c)

calls on the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Mr Downer) to investigate the reports and inform the Senate of his findings and any consequent action.

Question put.