Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to thank our presenter for the very comprehensive and well-prepared testimony he brought us. As I listened to it, it struck me that this sort of testimony was worthy of going to the main committee directly.
Our particular initiative here around human rights causes me to come back to something you mentioned. Very early on you talked about child recruitment, and child soldiers being used in Sudan, Darfur and the Blue Nile states. Are child soldiers used in the conflict in South Sudan, and who's responsible for their recruitment? Are the government-backed forces rebel groups, or are all of them using child soldiers?
There's been an indication that perhaps girls are being used as soldiers as well.
Are the existing demobilization and disarmament reintegration programs for Sudanese and South Sudanese child soldiers adequate?