Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that on Monday, 5 October 2009, countries across the world including South Africa observed World Habitat Day under the theme "Planning our Urban Future";
2) further notes that the purpose of this annual celebration is to reflect on the state of towns and cities and their capacity to meet their citizen's social, economic, spiritual and moral needs;
3) acknowledges the Habitat Scroll of Honour Award bestowed by the United Nations agency for human settlements on Gauteng for their outstanding efforts in upgrading housing, social and physical infrastructure for the people of Alexandra through the Alexandra Renewal Project;
4) further acknowledges that the Habitat Scroll of Honour Award is the most prestigious human settlements award in the world and its aim is to acknowledge initiatives which have made outstanding contributions in areas such as shelter provision, highlighting the plight of the homeless and developing and improving the human settlements and the quality of urban life; and
5) commends the Gauteng Department of Local Government and Human Settlements on their achievement.
Agreed to.