Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Madam, I want to commend you on taking up the challenge of this problem and your decision to help confront this horrendous crime against human dignity. The task today is quite huge, quite daunting.
I'm also pleased, though, to hear from you that you have a number of tools at your disposal that have not been there in the past. I'm of the opinion that historically, the countries you have named have been in conflict for generations now. What's very troubling for me is that it seems to be quite clear that the institutional memory of those countries is starting to accept that sexual assault is somehow acceptable in itself, both during and after the conflicts.
In the context of where we are in the world right now, when we see the situation that's happening in Libya, I'm heartened in a way, because part of what's purported to be coming to the fore in the situation in Libya via the United Nations is a sense of the responsibility to protect innocent non-combatant citizens.
I'm wondering if you see that sense of responsibility spreading into the area of sexual assault. In countries where this appears to be part of the culture at this point, are there religious organizations that have taken a stand against this practice, or are they somehow condoning it?