Hon Chair, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that, according to a United Nations report, the world's seven billionth person was born on Monday, 31 October 2011;
2) further notes that it took until 1804 for the world population to reach 1 billion and at the current growth rate, there will be eight billion people by 2025;
3) acknowledges that this growth in world population has been characterised by not only an increase in average life expectancy, but a decrease in fertility and infant mortality rates;
4) further acknowledges that the growth in world population poses challenges for food security and environmental sustainability, particularly climate change; and
5) calls upon the community of nations to respond to the needs of our planet's citizens and to align policies, programmes, research and innovation to cater for the maintenance and improvement of food security, human health and environmental health in the context of this growing population.
Agreed to.