House Chair, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) welcomes the recent appointment of the Malawian president, Joyce Hilda Banda, as the new Chairperson of the SADC during the Southern African Leaders Annual Summit in Lilongwe; 2) recalls that the two-day SADC Summit is a statutory meeting of the regional body which convenes annually in August;
3) further recalls this year's summit was honoured with the participation of the chairperson of the AU Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and secretaries-general of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa;
4) acknowledges that in her address, Joyce Banda called upon fellow leaders to focus on agricultural investment's key role in ending regional poverty; and
5) congratulates Joyce Banda on her appointment and wishes her well.
Agreed to.