Does Australia think that Tibetan human rights are inseparable and those sort of issues should be discussed?
STEPHEN SMITH: Well I made the point to the leader of the Chinese delegation yesterday Minister Liu that Australia regarded Tibet as an important human rights issue. We respect China’s territorial sovereignty and integrity over Tibet but we believe that Tibet is a serious human rights issue and needs to be treated as such. I made that point to the leader of the Chinese delegation yesterday and I’ve made that point privately and publicly in the past, as has the Prime Minister. QUESTION: You said that China has made progress over the last decade but what about over the last year or so? I mean how do you think China stands now in relation to [Indistinct] STEPHEN SMITH: There are a lot of outstanding human rights issues that need to be addressed by China, and Tibet is one of those and Tibet has been the issue in the last 12 months which has obviously been the one most open to public attention. QUESTION: But what other issues [Indistinct] STEPHEN SMITH: Religious freedom I mentioned yesterd
