Foreign Affairs committee  On the two points that you raised, the African Union cannot enforce the no-fly zone that exists. That's why, again, there's a need for a UN mission to put effect to the resolution. I think there's a “locally based hostile aircraft” reference in the resolution. In terms of the IC

Foreign Affairs committee  We certainly do. Starting with the African Union itself, it has called for a transition. Mr. Konare has been very proactive. Most recently, I think he's travelled to Sudan on a number of occasions to personally plead with Bashir to do something. The troop-contributing countries o

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  The small arms reference in Resolution 1706?

Foreign Affairs committee  I know the British are undertaking a study of this, to look at ways in which we can strengthen that resolution for I think arms through third parties. This is one of the problems that Amnesty International flagged in its report, that a country like Canada, or any other country, e

Foreign Affairs committee  I expect they will, but they are going to need our support.

Foreign Affairs committee  The agreement in the east was negotiated in Asmara under the auspices of the Eritrean government. There were very few international partners directly involved in its negotiation. From what we can see, though, it looks like a very good comprehensive agreement that we will look to

Foreign Affairs committee  I think there's quite a bit of evidence to that effect, yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  Do you mean in terms of the peace talks?

Foreign Affairs committee  On the peace talks, we're very encouraged that they're taking place and we hope they move forward. In terms of the comprehensive peace agreement and the implementation of it, it's been moving forward, but it's been very slow. The situation is more or less stable from a security

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. The situation on the border, in particular with Chad—but there are nine countries that bound Sudan—is particularly difficult. The border is not in the middle of nowhere, but it is in a very remote area, and Chad is not particularly stable either. There is rebel movemen

Foreign Affairs committee  No, they have been enforced.

Foreign Affairs committee  The African Union, in fact, was established in 2001. It's a very new organization. They have never done anything like this before. I must say, I was struck the first time I went to their headquarters in Addis Ababa to meet with the peacekeeping section how few of them there were

Foreign Affairs committee  I agree with what you said. Time is precious, and we need to have movement on this sooner rather than later. We are working with the security resolution we have now, 1706, which requires the consent of the Government of Sudan. If this does not work, Canada will have to push the S

Foreign Affairs committee  The resolution makes reference to a previous resolution to the African Union Mission taking responsibility on the flights. There are sanctions in place against individuals, which Canada has--