Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I'd like to come back to something Mr. Bobiash said a bit earlier. You indicated that you would soon be travelling to South Sudan to meet with NGOs and members of civil society.
Last week, the committee heard from a woman named Zaynab Elsawi, who described the situation to us. She represents a group of women from all over Sudan, north and south. According to Ms. Elsawi, they participated in the peace process. She told us that civil society was virtually ignored in the process leading up to the referendum.
What you're proposing to do—to go there soon and meet with members of civil society and NGOs—isn't it a bit late on the eve of a January referendum?