Mr Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
(1) notes with enthusiasm the launch of the 17th World Festival of Youth and Students (WFYS) on Thursday morning, 11 November 2010, in Johannesburg, by the Minister in the Presidency, Mr O C Chabane;
(2) further notes that the festival, organised by the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) will be hosted in South Africa for the first time from 13 to 21 December 2010, at Nasrec, and is expected to attract about 30 000 local and international delegates including heads of state;
(3) recognises that the festival is a platform that will bring together young people from across the globe, to work together to build a world of peace, solidarity and social transformation, free of human rights abuses; (4) recalls that South Africa will be joining countries like Cuba, Venezuela and Korea who had successfully hosted the WFYS in the past; and
(5) welcomes this initiative and believes that once again this is the indication of the confidence the international community has in South Africa as well as in our ability to host big events successfully as shown by our hosting of the FIFA Soccer World Cup.
Agreed to.