Col Denis Thompson at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On June 7th, 2006. See this statement in context.

June 7th, 2006 / 5:05 p.m.

Director, Peacekeeping Policy, Department of National Defence

I do, yes. However, I would just reiterate that there is a UN assessment team on the ground that will do a much deeper analysis than I can do from Ottawa or than I can do from a two-day trip to Port-au-Prince. I have confidence in the UN mission planning service to actually go in there and determine what the appropriate force levels would be for police and military.

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