Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that South African actress Charlize Theron was inducted as a United Nations Messenger of Peace on Monday, 17 November 2008;
2) further notes that she joins only nine other people in becoming a messenger for the UN in waging peace and conducting its humanitarian work worldwide;
3) recognizes that growing up in an environment of domestic abuse has resulted in her working tirelessly when it comes to fighting violence against women and children and addressing the social ills of poverty and HIV/Aids that include her working with a Cape Town rape crisis centre in 1999 and founding the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project to promote HIV/Aids education for poor children and their families in our country;
4) acknowledges that both her roles as an Academy Award winning actress and as a humanitarian have placed our country in the international spotlight and have demonstrated what can be achieved through hard work and perseverance irrespective of ones social background; and
5) congratulates her on this great honour that has been bestowed on her and for inspiring all South Africans to reach for their dreams.
Agreed to.