After I have finished I will take the question.
Hon members, I want to remind hon Greyling regarding the issue of the report by the independent experts. I think the hon member must not assign the responsibility to the executive. That report is supposed to be discussed by this Parliament, and the members of this Parliament have to implement the recommendations from that report.
It is the responsibility of this House to do the oversight over the executive, therefore what he must understand is that whenever one points a finger at other people, the other fingers are pointing at him or herself. [Interjections.]
With regard to the issue of the media tribunal, the ANC has come up with a proposal that this issue must be investigated. I don't know where you got the information that we have already decided, because we said we need to investigate. [Interjections.]
I think people must understand the policies of the ANC and how we debate issues in the ANC. Everybody has a right to say something in the ANC, unlike in other political parties. [Interjections.] That's the unfortunate part of it.
In terms of the subject that we were dealing with today, I just want to mention the achievements, because of my time limit, that we have attained as Parliament. One, we were able to have International Women's Day and Africa Day celebrations. As Parliament we were also able to hold a joint Parliamentary Group on International Relations, PGIR, and focus group workshops where members reported on what they have been discussing in those international forums.
We also had a training workshop on the SADC Parliamentary Forum, SADC-PF, election observation mission. We also had a women's parliament on millennium development goals which is part and parcel of the international programme. We also had bilaterals with various countries during the Inter- Parliamentary Union, IPU, and SADC-PF.
These bilaterals are part and parcel of promoting human rights and democracy. I believe that in future we will continue to formally establish parliament-to-parliament relations in order to make sure that the continent and the world finally achieve peace and stability.
I also want to highlight the issue of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, IPU, and the United Nations. As Parliament we participate in that structure and we have members that attended the IPU-UN forum. In that forum the International Monetary Fund, IMF, and the World Bank gave a briefing on their intentions on the transformation of these institutions.
I also want to highlight the way that the members who attended that forum deliberated on the matter, including hon George from the DA. Members from other countries proposed to the Speaker that they want to come to South Africa to learn how we are dealing with issues of oversight. [Interjections.] That is why we have always received a lot of members from various countries who have come to learn about what we are doing in South Africa.
I want to thank all members who participated in these international forums for working together as a South African delegation. I also thank the South African embassies for their warm welcome and hospitality which they gave to our delegates. I want to say to this House, before I sit down, that there is a member that I have not seen smiling in this House. But when we were in Thailand, it was a first for me to see that at least the member has teeth! [Laughter.] Today matters related to trade, peace and security, climate change and human rights, to name a few, need to be addressed by our Parliament so that we do not diminish the gains made in achieving social cohesion and good governance.
I am not going to name and shame that person because the Speaker knows exactly who that member is. Thank you. [Time expired.] [Applause.]