With the regional economic communities, we have to recognize that they have some strengths and many weaknesses. The parts are bigger than the whole, but there are opportunities to work with them.
For example, when Ms. Joly was here, she engaged with IGAD on Sudan. There are still opportunities where we may be able to carve out a little bit of a leadership role for IGAD to play in that area. It's the same with the east African community on issues around eastern DRC. There are areas where we can work with them and perhaps guide them to pinpointing and finding positive solutions. We also have to be realistic that they are generally not terribly strong organizations.
When I was in Nigeria, I dealt with ECOWAS. I could see them, for example, be quite successful in Gambia when there was instability there because they made a concerted decision to move forward on it. However, in other times, they can be underwhelming in their responses.