Division Description Changes — Guantanamo Bay — 28th Mar 2006

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senate vote 2006-03-28#1 Edited by mackay staff on 2018-05-18 16:47:45	Title ~~Guantanamo Bay~~ Motions - Guantanamo Bay - Support its closure + Repatriate Hicks Description ~~<p class="speaker">Natasha Stott Despoja</p>~~ ~~<p>by leave—I move general business notice of motion No. 393 as amended:</p>~~ <p>That the Senate—</p> The majority voted against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2006-03-28.57.2) introduced by Australian Democrats Senator Natasha Stott Despoja, which means it failed. ### Motion text > That the Senate— > (a) notes the United Nations report condemning the operation of [Guantanamo Bay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp) as a military detention facility; > (b) supports calls by the British Prime Minister, Mr Blair, to close the military detention camp in Guantanamo Bay; > (c) notes the decision by the Government of the United States of America to release 119 detainees from the facility to their countries of citizenship; and > (d) calls on the Australian Government to either facilitate the repatriation of Australian citizen, [Mr David Hicks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hicks), now held at the facility for more than 4 years, or to insist that he is provided with a fair trial in accordance with his basic human rights. <dl><dt>(a)</dt><dd>notes the United Nations report condemning the operation of Guantanamo Bay as a military detention facility;</dd><dt>(b)</dt><dd>supports calls by the British Prime Minister, Mr Blair, to close the military detention camp in Guantanamo Bay;</dd><dt>(c)</dt><dd>notes the decision by the Government of the United States of America to release 119 detainees from the facility to their countries of citizenship; and</dd><dt>(d)</dt><dd>calls on the Australian Government to either facilitate the repatriation of Australian citizen, Mr David Hicks, now held at the facility for more than 4 years, or to insist that he is provided with a fair trial in accordance with his basic human rights.</dd></dl><p>Question put:</p>

~~Natasha Stott Despoja~~
~~by leave—I move general business notice of motion No. 393 as amended:~~
That the Senate—
The majority voted against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2006-03-28.57.2) introduced by Australian Democrats Senator Natasha Stott Despoja, which means it failed.
### Motion text
> *That the Senate—*
> *(a) notes the United Nations report condemning the operation of [Guantanamo Bay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp) as a military detention facility;*
> *(b) supports calls by the British Prime Minister, Mr Blair, to close the military detention camp in Guantanamo Bay;*
> *(c) notes the decision by the Government of the United States of America to release 119 detainees from the facility to their countries of citizenship; and*
> *(d) calls on the Australian Government to either facilitate the repatriation of Australian citizen, [Mr David Hicks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hicks), now held at the facility for more than 4 years, or to insist that he is provided with a fair trial in accordance with his basic human rights.*
<dl><dt>(a)</dt><dd>notes the United Nations report condemning the operation of Guantanamo Bay as a military detention facility;</dd><dt>(b)</dt><dd>supports calls by the British Prime Minister, Mr Blair, to close the military detention camp in Guantanamo Bay;</dd><dt>(c)</dt><dd>notes the decision by the Government of the United States of America to release 119 detainees from the facility to their countries of citizenship; and</dd><dt>(d)</dt><dd>calls on the Australian Government to either facilitate the repatriation of Australian citizen, Mr David Hicks, now held at the facility for more than 4 years, or to insist that he is provided with a fair trial in accordance with his basic human rights.</dd></dl>Question put: