Order, please.
Today is February 17, 2015, and this is the 55th meeting of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.
We are televised today and we have with us two witnesses. In person, we have Henry Odwar, who is a former member of the National Legislative Assembly of the Republic of South Sudan. By teleconference from Nebraska, we have Sophia Gai, who is also a former member of the National Legislative Assembly of the Republic of South Sudan.
I've spoken to the two witnesses, and we've agreed that we will commence with remarks from Mr. Odwar. When he has completed, we will have remarks from Ms. Gai. I encourage both of our witnesses to please keep their remarks within a five-to-seven-minute window in order to allow the longest possible time for questions and answers.
Mr. Odwar, please feel free to begin.