I'm supportive of this motion. Perhaps I'll be suggesting what I would consider to be a friendly amendment for the consideration of our colleagues across the aisle.
Some of us have watched quite carefully how this has evolved, and it's of tremendous concern. We heard recently in the discussions about Somalia how neighbouring countries impact on each other. Kenya, up until now, had been an oasis of relative calm in this region of East Africa and the Horn of Africa, notwithstanding the fact that there are millions of refugees. In fact, there's a sizeable Somali refugee community within Kenya, and in fact even in the capital, Nairobi.
Of course we all agree that we want a peaceful resolution, but how do we get there? Having watched the very difficult negotiations that have taken place, it appears that there is an international consensus building that what is needed is a transitional period for a unity government of all the parties involved, until such time as security is re-established. So this would be a transitional period. Once that security is re-established, there would be an opportunity for a rerunning of democratic elections, with a very large international contingent to make sure that we don't fall into the same situation a second time.
There is a general consensus; it's just working out the mechanisms and the details of how we get there. So I would like to make a friendly amendment—and if it's agreed to unanimously, that would be tremendous—that would add on to Mr. Goldring's motion and say:
We call upon all parties to form a unity government for a transitional period until security is re-established, and at such time we call upon a rerunning of the presidential election with an adequate international observer mission.