Thank you, Mr. Wega, for coming in and testifying. I am certain that it is a very difficult situation that you and the department are in, a quagmire such as this.
I doubt you have these numbers with you, so I'm going to ask, through the chair, if you would just table a couple of facts that I think we'll need for the report. One is the estimated strength of the government forces and of the opposition forces. If you could get that to us, that would be great. We have an idea of the combined forces with the UN, so we won't need that.
Also, could you give us a regional breakdown? You mentioned the 3.3 million displaced, but if you could get us a more accurate regional breakdown about where you think those numbers of displaced people or refugees are, that would be essential information for us as well.
I'm going into my 12th year on this committee. At one time, one of my staff, who was with me for just one year, actually looked at some of the cases here and said, “How do you endure this?” When I get to a case like this, I often ask myself how I endure this.
I want to ask for some clarification. On the one hand, you mentioned that Juba is stable, but in your remarks you said that this could evolve into an all-out genocide. We've had four years of conflict, 17,000 child soldiers, rape being used as a weapon of war, 3.3 million displaced people, and tens of thousands who are dead. When does the third pillar of the right to protect actually become something that Canada begins to shout very loudly about, where, if the state itself is not willing to protect its own citizens, then the international community has the responsibility to take action, first peaceably, and then, if it's required, with more coercive measures.
If we are on the precipice of genocide here—and certainly everything you've testified to gives me that...your estimation—when do we begin to really ramp it up, particularly because we are also investing significantly here and putting our own citizens at risk?