Chairperson, I hereby move without notice:
That the House -
(1) notes that it has been three weeks since torrential monsoon rain in Pakistan triggered catastrophic floods in the Islamabad region, claiming the lives of at least 1 400 people and obliterating villages, infrastructure and farmlands within the region;
(2) further notes that these floods have displaced 20 million people and are the worst natural disaster to hit Pakistan in the history of the county and that Pakistan urgently requires financial and medical aid to assist it to rebuild its economy and assist the 6 million people who are at risk of contracting deadly water-borne diseases such as typhoid and cholera;
(3) acknowledges that although the United Nations and World Bank have pledged to give international aid to Pakistan, the nation is facing an economic and health disaster of unprecedented proportions and has not yet received 50% of the aid which has been pledged to it by nations throughout the world;
(4) conveys its deepest condolences and sympathies to the government and people of Pakistan for the death and devastation that these floods have caused; and
(5) urges all world leaders to immediately provide international aid to Pakistan.
Agreed to.