Certainly the humanitarian and development assistance for those Malians who are in most need is crucial and will contribute over time to the stability.
On the exact requests in terms of military engagement, I have no more awareness of those than what I read in the media or that you read in the media, but apparently there are discussions going on in the UN, at the AU and other places, in the EU. There are options. There could be a UN mission that directs all of this activity at both the political and military sides. It could be a combination of African Union and UN. Those things are to be determined.
I hope our contribution to the thinking about how Canada responds to this would be to say that there are certain types of activity we should engage in. That's why I described the policing-like action of the military forces and not engaging in this offensive military action against insurgents as a primary focus, etc.
In a fluid situation, with many people negotiating, clearly the French are going to be in the forefront; whether it's a UN or an AU mission, they're going to be participating. They apparently have 6,000 citizens in Bamako, which goes a long way to explaining why they would move so quickly in January.
So it's fluid. There will be choices to make.