Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that the United Nations has declared parts of southern Somalia a famine zone;
2) further notes that the region has been hit by the most severe drought in more than half a century and many people are unable to get food and other basic needs;
3) recognises that more than 12 million people within the Horn of Africa are currently at risk of starvation and that the impact of this drought on children has been described by the head of the UN World Food Programme as the worst that he has ever seen;
4) further recognises that the widespread effects of the drought have already resulted in tens of thousands of people starving to death over the last few months in Somalia and parts of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda; 5) stands with the people of the Horn of Africa in their hour of need; and
6) calls upon the South African government, the international community, and donor organisations, both at home and abroad, to assist in whatever way possible to bring relief to the Horn of Africa.
Agreed to.