REVIEW OF LAWS. IMPLEMENTATION OF TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ! 45 required to be made to the Act and submitted these to the Government in March 2000 requesting that they be acted upon without delay. The amendments proposed by the Commission and the reasons for its proposals were annexed in full to the Annual Report for 1999-2000. 4.18 It is a matter of deep regret to the Commission that, despite repeated contacts with the Government, both at the highest political level and at the working level, the period imder review concluded without the needed amendments being made to the Act It is impossible for the Commission to refrain from ejqjressing its profound disappointment at this state of affairs, as it seriously afreets the capacity of the Commission to fulfil the high purpose for which it was established, a purpose that the Commission is determined to serve, in the interest of the country and all of its people, to the utmost of its capacity. The Commission, therefore, takes this opportunity to urge the Central Government, once again, to act without further delay on the amendments that it has proposed to the Act. D] Implementation of Treaties and Other International Instruments 1) Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child 4.19 During the period imder review, the Commission corisidered Optional Protocols 1 and 2 to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, dealing respectively with the sale of children, child prostitution and childpornography, and the involvement of children in armed conflicts. In pursuance of its statutory responsibilities, the Commission recommended that these Protocols be adopted by the Government of India and asked the Department of Women and Child Development as well as the Ministry of External Affairs to take the appropriate action required in this regard. The Commission is happy to note that, pursuant to its recommendations, the Department ofWomen and Child Development has initiated action on this matter. 2) Protocols to the Geneva Conventions 4.20 The Commission received a letter dated 6 September 2000 from Mr Michel ANNUAL REPORT 2000-2001