Thank you very much.
Thank you, David, for coming back here again.
I want to stay on the topic of the new developments taking place. You've given your quarterly reports to Parliament as per the motion. They state what Canada is doing and what Canada's progress has been. But a couple of new developments are taking place. One is what you just alluded to, the Hague conference in Holland, where the regional players are coming. Iran, I've just noticed, has accepted the invitation to come. At the same time, the Obama administration will also give its policy on Afghanistan, which seems to be looking at a lot of development effort, diplomacy, and all these things. Pakistan as well is coming to that. I would like to know the government's thinking in terms of our going there. What will this do to enhance our presence there?
There's one other point you could address at the same time. Today, or perhaps yesterday, there was a changing of the guard at the UN. Our ambassador was replaced by Mr. Galbraith to be the second in command to Mr. Eide. These developments indicate more active international presence. This should not be seen as a negative thing; it should be seen more as an international coming in--especially the Obama administration, coming back in there after their focus in Iraq.
So those are just some things that are coming up on the horizon. Could you tell the committee and Canadians who are listening today about these developments?