Thank you for coming to give a brief here, and my thanks to the Carter Center from Khartoum.
I am well aware of the situation. The key element at this stage is a credible and transparent referendum that produces results acceptable to both parties. If that happens, then we go to the next stage, to see, after the referendum is done, what other steps Canada would take in building capacity. Can you give us a little brief on that?
For the Carter Center, let me throw in a different question. Mr. Bashir happens to be under indictment from the ICC. He is isolated, unable to travel, and his vice-president, Mr. Taha, seems to be doing everything on the international stage. This is a major impact, a major thing for a country. Politically speaking, is his isolation playing negatively in Sudan?
It's my understanding that when they made the CP Agreement, Mr. Bashir would get some legitimacy as a leader. But here you have a leader who, to be blunt, is not welcome in the international community. How does that play? Is this having an influence on the referendum? It's a tough question.