Madam Speaker, I move without notice that:
That the House -
1) notes that on Sunday, 25 May, we shall celebrate Africa Day, proclaimed as such to commemorate the establishment of the forerunner to the African Union (AU), the Organisation of African Unity (OAU);
2) further notes that the OAU worked to ensure the unity of African states towards the realisation of freedom, peace and development and strove tirelessly to harness the natural and human resources of the continent for the benefit of the people;
3) recalls that the AU recognises the need for common responses to the major challenges of globalisation facing Africa and for boosting regional integration processes through an effective continental mechanism;
4) believes that Africa Day must be a day on which we celebrate the lives and contributions of the African masses and express pride in the millions of Africans, women and men, who on a daily basis, sustain and fight for the vision of an Africa free of the legacy of colonial oppression, poverty and marginalisation and that the AU remains committed to the goal of ending poverty and underdevelopment on the continent;
5) acknowledges the importance of involving the African peoples, as well as the African diaspora in AU processes of economic and political integration of the continent in order to ensure that the AU is a union of peoples and not just a ``union of states and governments''; and
6) commends the continued effort by the AU and the Pan-African Parliament aimed at realising peace and prosperity on the continent.
Agreed to.