Good afternoon, everyone. I call to order this meeting for the Subcommittee on International Human Rights as we continue our study on the human rights situation in South Sudan.
I would like to welcome our two witnesses today who are coming to us by video conference. David Morley has been the president and CEO of UNICEF Canada since 2011, before which he was the president of Save the Children Canada. From 1998 to 2006, Mr. Morley served as the executive director of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders Canada, and during his tenure at Médecins Sans Frontières he won the Nobel Peace Prize.
I would also like to welcome Jonathan Pedneault, from Human Rights Watch. Mr. Pedneault is the South Sudan researcher with the African division at Human Rights Watch. Since January 2016, he has investigated international human rights and humanitarian law violations committed by government and rebel forces in the country. In 2013 and 2014, he trained South Sudanese and central African radio reporters in conflict-sensitive journalism.
With that, if you can take about seven minutes each to provide some opening remarks, then we can go right into questions.
Why don't we start with you, Mr. Morley? Thank you very much.