I thank the House for its positive endorsement of the Government's position, which is that this International Monitoring Commission should proceed in present circumstances. I acknowledge Senator Mansergh's great work in assisting the Government to arrive at this point. I take seriously therefore his statement that he was always rather ambivalent about the necessity for this body. It was intended at the time to be a hand-holding institution for those being asked to take matters on trust in circumstances where they found it difficult politically to sell that message to their own electorates. Events have shown how difficult that task was. This body can play a very useful role in a further outworking of the Agreement.