Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There are a number of agreements that were signed, namely the environmental agreement and the socio-economic agreement. As far as the environmental agreement is concerned, there is a mechanism that is laid out in the agreement, namely the establishment and setting up of a monitoring agency. I understand the parties have been working to set that up and it is targeted to be set up by the 7th of April. The agreement and the stakeholders are working well. We are on target as far as that particular agreement is concerned. As far as the socio-economic agreement is concerned regarding contracts and employment commitments, the deputy minister for Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development is the person designated to be responsible for overseeing that the agreement and the commitments made in it are met. We have internal discussions right now on whether there is a more appropriate mechanism required to ensure there is compliance and that the commitments are met in a timely way and we have some effective way to monitor that. That is currently where we are. Thank you.
Stephen Kakfwi on Question 420-13(4): Monitoring Agreement With Bhp
In the Legislative Assembly on February 28th, 1997. See this statement in context.
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Question 420-13(4): Monitoring Agreement With Bhp
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 27th, 1997
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