Thank you very much.
It's a good question and I'll ask Kerry to speak to just how rapidly this came on as a security threat. That has to be a key part of the answer.
Other components are that, as I said in my remarks, 90% of the people live in the south. I think all donors have been aware of the situation in the north, but they've been focusing on the good work that could still be done in the south. That certainly has been CIDA's posture.
We need to take into account that Mali was a democratic country until very recently. It was also a country that was making, by broad consensus within the international community, the right choices for the development of its people. Canada has invested significantly there, but if I might say about the areas in which we've invested, which I mentioned in my opening remarks, health care and education, those are investments that are going to pay off for a lifetime for Malians.
If you're talking about inoculating children, that has to be done in the first year of life. If you're talking about textbooks that will allow kids to learn while they're in school, and also the kinds of support that will allow schools to stay open, those are investments that will pay off for the people of Mali.
Looking at the holistic sense of the country and whether anyone missed anything on the security grounds, as I said, I think it came on very quickly. Despite all that's happened I think our investments in the south have been well made and will continue to pay dividends well into the future.
Kerry.