Order! Is there any objection to that amendment? There is no objection.
Amendment agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.
Motion, as amended, agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution, namely:
That the Council notes -
(1) that the New NP has noted with satisfaction the announcement by the Chairperson of the Medical Research Council, Dr Makgoba, that an important milestone has been reached in the fight against HIV/Aids in that a vaccine against the C-base of the HI virus has been developed by researchers in South Africa and that testing will begin in South Africa early next year already.
(2) that after a long, period of confusion and uncertainty about, inter alia, the cause of Aids in South Africa, this is truly a welcome ray of light which could dramatically improve South Africa's image with regard to this matter and show the world that South Africa's people indeed believe that Aids is caused by the virus;
(3) that the New NP expresses the hope that after the estimated period of three to five years which it will take to develop this technically complex vaccine it will develop into a powerful weapon to eventually win the war against the pandemic; and
(4) the support and resources made available by Government to promote this initiative by the Medical Research Council.