I want to welcome everyone to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, meeting number 32, as we look at the ramifications of the referendum in Sudan.
Before us today we have James Dean. I like that name, James Dean. That's a great name. Mr. James Dean is from Simon Fraser University.
We also have Mr. Abunafeesa, senior political officer with the United Nations Mission in Sudan. I'd like to welcome you as well, sir.
I believe that Mr. Simmons is on a plane coming from New York, so I think we'll do the same thing we did the last time. We'll get started with our witnesses. We'll give you each seven to ten minutes to do your presentation, and then we'll ask questions and go around the room. I'll give further instructions in terms of how that will work before we get started. Then we'll work in Mr. Simmons when he arrives. We may have started questions already and we'll go from there.
Mr. Dean, in your remarks you said you had some maps that you wanted us to hand out. I would need unanimous consent. They are not in French and English, but they are maps of Sudan that you were going to refer to in your presentation.
Do I have unanimous consent to be able to hand these out to members?