Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that Professor Mike Wingfield, Director of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute in the faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria, has been awarded the prestigious African Union Continental Scientific Award in the Life and Sciences Category;
2) further notes that the African Union's Scientific Award Programme is a symbol of the commitment of African Heads of State to raise community awareness through engaging Africans in Science and it seeks to improve technology programmes and advance our continent's research capacity;
3) acknowledges that Prof Wingfield has published widely on the topic of tree health in more than 600 research papers and 5 books;
4) further acknowledges the numerous awards Prof Wingfield has received for contributions to education, research and industry in South Africa and abroad and that he has been elected as a fellow of numerous scientific societies including the Royal Society of South Africa, the Academy of Sciences of South Africa, the Southern African Society for Plant Pathology and the American Phytopathological Society; and
5) congratulates Prof Wingfield on his award which he will receive in Addis Ababa on 25 May 2013 and commends him for his invaluable contributions to the sciences.
Agreed to.