Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you for your presentation. I want to say that I too am an admirer of your organization and the work that has been done since its inception to advance the cause of human rights and democracy throughout the world.
I'm particularly happy to hear of the work you're doing to provide capacity to organizations within Afghanistan to themselves advance the cause of human rights and women's rights. I think that's obviously important. This has to be their project; it's their country. On the other hand, along with many others, I am completely disturbed at the process. It's great to help people enforce family laws and have courts, but if the laws themselves amount to being repressive or oppressive, that's obviously the heart of the problem.
You indicated some satisfaction with the process as it related to the marriage contract law, and I want to concentrate on that a little bit. This was the same committee, I take it—the drafting committee. You indicated in your statement that this committee was sort of a debating...or there was a debating group where debate was for eventual submission to Afghanistan's Parliament. Then there's the intervention of the Supreme Court. So what's the order of operation?
I understand there was some sort of compromise reached on the marriage contract, but not unanimity in the drafting. Then it went to the Supreme Court to make sure it complied with the constitution, then it went to the Parliament. Is that the process?