Thank you very much.
That's exactly what I was thinking, but in the minds of Canadians, for maybe the last 10 years, we have veered away from what people perceive as Canada's role as peacekeepers, as the blue berets, etc., because of our work in Afghanistan, which is much more peacemaking or peace-building than peacekeeping.
There was a presentation made that suggested to us that the United Nations, if not broke, is on the way to being broke, and that with the many administrative inefficiencies at the UN and the lack of political will around the table, in fact very little has been accomplished by the UN in the last while. The difficulties they are having in the eastern Congo would be a clear example of that.
So the thesis put forth is why would Canada ever want to be party to such operations when in fact we have very little say to begin with? That was advanced around the table. I would like your quick comments on that, and then I'd like to do a follow-up with regard to what happened with the EU and with regard to Lebanon.
So through you, Mr. Chairman, perhaps, Ms. Golberg, you could start off, and then we'll do the same round.