Madam Speaker, I move without notice:

That the House -

1) notes that the 87-year-old veteran actor-turned-activist Harry Belafonte received an honorary Oscar for his humanitarian work on Saturday, 8 November 2014 at a star-studded Hollywood gala;

2) further notes that Belafonte was given the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, while Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, French screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrire and Irish actress Maureen O'Hara were given honorary awards;

3) remembers that he was an early supporter of the civil rights movement and marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr in his heyday;

4) further remembers that he was also named a Unicef Goodwill Ambassador in 1987, and a campaigner on HIV in Africa, as well as supporting prostate cancer charities since he was successfully treated for the disease in 1996;

5) acknowledges that some of the films he appears in, such as Carmen Jones, Odds Against Tomorrow and The World, the Flesh and the Devil helped portray the injustices of racism and inequality;

6) recognises that he also spent much of his life campaigning for various causes, such as education, famine relief, children, Aids awareness and civil rights; and

7) congratulates Harry Belafonte for receiving the honorary Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in recognition and acknowledgement of his humanitarian work.

Agreed to.