He noted that it had taken 13 years to pass a United Nations convention on the children's rights.

As such, he maintains this agreement should be set up in the form of a United Nations convention.

The definition of refugee is laid down in the United Nations convention.

A United Nations convention in the early 1970's also offers ethical guidelines for the purchase of art from abroad.

United Nations conventions have failed to reach consensus on a definition of terrorism and state terrorism.

But there again it is argued by some that these United Nations Conventions are western inspired.

Apparently in a bid to ensure good will abroad, the current government has signed the United Nations convention against corruption.

Unfortunately, we now have sufficient evidence that implementing United Nations conventions is actually counterproductive.

And Turkey recently became a party to the new United Nations convention on torture, a further reason for international scrutiny.

I therefore congratulate the rapporteur, who calls for the adoption of a United Nations convention.