The Chair (Mr. Michael Levitt (York Centre, Lib.)) at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

I call the meeting to order.

Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the 120th meeting of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.

Today we're going to complete the testimony on our study on the situations in Somalia, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

With us here today by video conference we have, first of all, Professor Ken Menkhaus. He is a professor of political science at Davidson College, and he is joining us from North Carolina.

Thank you, Professor Menkhaus, for being here.

We also have, from the United Nations Security Council Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea, Jay Bahadur, who is joining us from Nairobi, Kenya. Thank you.

Gentlemen, beginning with Professor Menkhaus, can we have eight to 10 minutes of testimony? We will then open it up to questions from the members.

Please begin when you're ready.