Chair, I move without notice:
That the Council -
(1) notes that Howard E Wolpe, a former congressman who played a crucial role in passing legislation that imposed economic sanctions on South Africa in the 1980s, helping to bring an end to apartheid while overcoming two vetoes by President Ronald Reagan, died at his home in Saugatuck, Michigan on Tuesday 25 October, at the age of 71;
(2) further notes that Mr Wolpe, a Democrat, represented the third congressional district in southwestern Michigan for 14 years, starting in 1978, was Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Africa from 1982 to 1992 and was a private sponsor of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, which imposed sanctions against American companies doing business in South Africa - among its provisions, it called for government pension plans to withdraw their investments from corporations doing billions of dollars of business here;
(3) acknowledges that this legislation played a critical role in the international campaign led by the ANC to isolate the apartheid regime, which expedited the process leading to the achievement of freedom for our people; and
(4) takes this opportunity to join the nation to dip our revolutionary banner in recognition of the contribution made by Mr Wolpe and the many international supporters of the liberation of South Africa.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.