We call this meeting to order, please.
I'd like to welcome Christopher Alexander, deputy special representative of the Secretary General for Afghanistan, and James Appathurai, spokesman for the NATO International Staff. We're here for a briefing on the missions of the UN and NATO in Afghanistan.
We finished our Afghanistan study awhile ago. We're working on the report. Right now we're doing procurement, but we welcome you here. We look forward to your comments, and then if there is time for questions, we'll open it up and try to divide it evenly. If not, we're interested in hearing what you have to say.
Go ahead, whoever's going to start.