Order, please.
Welcome to the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development. It is December 2010, and this is meeting number 36.
Today we have divided our meeting into two parts. The first part, which will last half an hour, will deal with the issue of sexual assault on women and children in fragile states during peacekeeping operations and situations of conflict.
As an individual testifying before us today we have Jürgen Creutzmann, who is a member of the European Parliament. His specialty is talking about the rights of women and their abuse in Pakistan. Once Mr. Creutzmann has completed his presentation, we will divide up our questions based on the amount of time we have left in that half hour. I'll figure out how much is available for each question based on how much time we have at that moment.
Mr. Creutzmann, I invite you to begin, please.