Thank you for that question.
As I mentioned, I'm here on behalf of a particular UN agency, the refugee agency, but of course, I represent also the UN.
The UN is very much at the moment focused on Burundi. The relations are very strained. I mentioned how our colleagues at the High Commissioner for Human Rights at the moment have been asked to close the office and to leave. As you mentioned, the Burundian authorities have considered as undesirable the involvement of the UN, its human rights machinery, but also its political mission, because there's a special adviser for the Secretary-General, with his team. The tension has risen.
I mentioned Burundi is the first country that has decided to leave the International Criminal Court, which by the way takes a year before it comes into effect. Let's hope and see what happens in that year.
What I want to say here is that there are behind-the-scenes negotiations ongoing to bring the Government of Burundi, the UN, and the international community together behind closed doors, outside Burundi, to discuss the ongoing political crisis and also the socio-economic consequences I mentioned. The dialogue behind closed doors is ongoing, but the relationship is very strained. As you heard from other witnesses, it all started, of course, with the re-election of the current president for the third term and then the failed coup in May 2015. This all has escalated the tensions between the government and the UN, which is there to help countries to ensure peace and stability, but also to promote democracy and respect for human rights.