Welcome back, everyone.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Monday, June 20, 2022, the committee resumes its study of the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women globally.
It is now my great pleasure to welcome, from the United Nations Population Fund, Dr. Natalia Kanem, the executive director and under-secretary-general of the United Nations.
We also have equally distinguished witnesses from the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada. We welcome Dr. Diane Francoeur and Dr. Jocelynn Cook.
For the benefit of the witnesses and the members, please ensure that you're recognized by me before you speak. For each of the witnesses, we are providing five minutes of opening remarks before we open it up to questions from the members. When you're getting towards the end and you have only 30 seconds remaining, I will give you a sign. I would be grateful if you could wrap up your comments. This goes for both your opening statements and the questions posed by the members.
That having been explained, allow me to welcome Dr. Kanem.
Dr. Kanem, you have five minutes.