Certainly, in the context of the Congo, we are encouraged by your bilateral program that has an emphasis on victims of sexual violence. I would certainly advocate for you to continue to support that effort and scale up.
We know our primary international partner is a Canadian partner. Unfortunately, as I mentioned, Oxfam-Québec informed us only a few weeks ago that they will need to transition out of our activities because of the lack of funding they receive from the Canadian government, from CIDA, as a result of the reductions that not only Canada but many countries are facing in terms of austerity measures.
It's unfortunate, because this will impact thousands of victims of sexual violence in the Kivus in eastern Congo. We will have to transition our Canadian partner, and again we will have to look for other partners to work with us who can also leverage other support.
We would therefore encourage you to think about and review the kinds of reductions you're making to your bilateral and multilateral programs. We would also encourage you.... Obviously from the trust fund we would encourage a partnership with Canada. As I mentioned, we are not engaged in a direct partnership in terms of the trust fund, and we would certainly welcome that kind of support, earmarked also for sexual violence, in terms of our activities in the Congo.