Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Just also for full disclosure—Mr. Kergin knows this—I was a member, until elected, of the alternative commission in Honduras. So we share a role, in some sense, but my commission was a civil society one, and plagued with difficulties different from yours, probably.
I just want to ask three or four questions and then have you respond as you would like. Otherwise we might not get to them.
First, Mr. Kergin, given what you found out about Honduras and what exists now, did the commission consider, and do you think it's a good idea to have, something like what we have in Guatemala, the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala? I know that the Canadian government has shown some interest in that. Is it still on the table, and should it be?
Second, I understand that the UNDP was engaged at one point by the commission to prepare a human rights report. It's not clear whether that actually is a public document. I just want to know if it's available.
To my third question, I think I know the answer, because we were having the same evidentiary difficulties. Was there any evidence at all that came forward to you, that you found credible, on U.S. government or American involvement in the coup? That's American as in “Americans”, not necessarily government.
Finally, as I think we discussed at one point in our former existence, at the alternative commission we were subject to—not so much me, but my colleagues—serious harassment and intimidation. We were focused on human rights violations as they occurred, not just up to Mr. Lobo's inauguration but afterwards, which could explain part of the attention that was paid to us.
Our two Honduran commissioners had to flee the country. We had an attempted assassination of the head of our security team. There was an explosion in our San Pedro office, mock machine gun battles outside of our Tegucigalpa headquarters, and a military officer threatening witnesses in Washington who were members of the commission.
Did your commission experience anything approximating that, or does what I describe sort of resonate with something that's plausible in terms of what you know about Honduran society?