The difficulty won't be maintaining the dialogue with authorities in Burundi but renewing it. The Burundian authorities had accepted the arrival of three independent experts, who submitted their report on September 20, 2016. These three experts were able to visit, but the report that they submitted to the Human Rights Council is quite damning. To some extent, it led to the resolution that was adopted recently. However, participation in it has been very poor. In fact, there were only 16 votes in favour and 21 abstentions.
Obviously, all these elements point to a breakdown in dialogue with the Burundian authorities. We do not maintain constant contact with the authorities. The first step will be to resume dialogue with them, then to convince them to accept that the commission of inquiry requested by the Human Rights Council visit the country and verify the information we have.
I think we mustn't delude ourselves: we are indeed dealing with a state that is refusing dialogue and is in utter denial. What happened in Geneva last summer is undeniable proof of that. None of the violations we have reported that were based on information we came across was admitted by the Burundian authorities. They entirely reject all accusations against them and think there is an international plot against them.
So, we are at an impasse, and it is true that the diplomatic dialogue needs to resume so that experts from the United Nations or the African Union can go there to establish the veracity of the facts reported internationally on various occasions.