Senator BARTLETT (Queensland-Leader of the Australian Democrats) (3.38 p.m.)-At the request of Senator Stott Despoja, I move:

That the Senate-

(a)notes that:

(i) the `HOPE' Hand of Peace Exchange was launched on 18 March 2003,

(ii) this project aims to highlight the plight of children in Iraq and other regions in humanitarian crisis,

(iii) the `HOPE' Hand of Peace Exchange will involve the exchange of handprints between children all around the world, as a show of solidarity with the Iraqi children caught in the war, and

(iv) the United Nations estimates that there are currently more than one million malnourished children in Iraq; and

(b) urges the Government to increase Australia's foreign aid budget, specifically our aid to Iraq, after the war.

Question agreed to.

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