Good afternoon, my dear colleagues.
Good afternoon. This is a special meeting at a special time for our committee. It's an informal meeting held at the convenience of our guest witness, who was available only to us today, and we're very glad that she was available.
Some our members have had previous commitments with the change in day, but there will be a few more joining us a little later on.
We have as a witness today, Fabienne Hara, who is the vice-president of the International Crisis Group.
We thank you for making the time to present us with your information. As you know, Madam, our committee is reviewing the key elements of Canada's foreign policy, and we're also conducting hearings on the Great Lakes region of Africa, so we look forward to your comments today. I recognize that there will be a briefing on the situation in Sudan to our committee.
After that, we'll also have some time for questions and answers, if that would be all right.
We look forward to your comments.