Hon Speaker, the matter of whether there should be a boycott or closure of the Libya's airspace is under discussion at the UN Security Council. There are proposals that are being made. Yesterday there were too many resolutions. Today there is a consolidated resolution that is being made. People were asking very pertinent questions on that particular aspect. I don't think I want to prejudge what is happening in the UN. South Africa is represented and is participating in the discussions. It will certainly take a decision that will be in accordance with the beliefs of the South Africans. That is my response to the first part of your question on airspace.
With regard to the question on taking Gaddafi to the International Criminal Court, I don't think that we, as we are sitting here, could dream about it. I think if a person has been investigated, and it was indeed discovered that there were crimes committed, he or she must face the law in the international arena. We have never retreated on that issue. But we can't, again, conclude the matter before it is done. Nobody has established that. I know that there is a resolution that was taken. Resolutions are taken by people judging what happened.
But if we believe in the rule of law, we can't judge a person before even the establishment of the facts - whether indeed there are crimes committed warranting a person to be charged in the International Criminal Court; that has got to be determined. I don't think here in our Parliament we should then begin to determine those kinds of things. Once proper decisions are taken, we will certainly take the correct decision. [Applause.]