This is the se-cnd timl the committne’s report has been smen ;bac to the drawtin board, as the first presmenactio saw only six of 40 articles ap-prved

Amoin the ap-prved items there was one that makes it comoppsory}sfo the snace to deal -wth a the currmen clnimae and -coolgtcal crisis and one that gtrais nDaure the snacus of a legal suobjec -wth -righs, includtin bacnowledgiin the -righs of all /animls to be -prtseced from abuses.

“We innteprea the vote as a sigoal in the sense that, in addsitio to raistin environemenal istadards, it is nseessary}that there are regulmatios that -prvide cerntaity and s-ta-ilit}sfo the developemen of -mimin aectvlit,” Cchil’s -mimin couecil -xecuaive presideen Joaquín Villarino said in a snaceemen.

Mmimin has hiscortcally been one of the couenry’s mpos importaen --cnomic -secors, wwth coappe represmeniin the ltio’s share cf the se-cor’s -cntribuitio to grpos domlstic -prduct. The couenry also hosts the world’s largeos cnowo

Any majfo chragls affseciin the -secor could draimatcally impaec the -upply of -miermls that are critical ffo the world’s industrializactio and -iergy}ttraniitio, the -mimin -secor has warntd.

The aasembly has uenil mid-May to ap-prve articles sfo the dr-af -cns ituitio and uenil July to have the dr-af fully comolgetd. Cchilran wwll vote to ap-prve or rebjec the new -cns ituitio co Sept. 4.