My question, in a way, is for all of the witnesses. Will the closing of 12 offices and the loss of 68 employees cause you any delay in your work? Last summer, the Women's Program had a number of small problems relating to the processing of various grants. Will the fact that you have fewer offices and fewer employees have any real effect on the work that you are expected to do? Does it mean that the grants will take even longer to process? How do you think these delays will impact what Ms. Oda has set out to do?
On December 6th, 2006. See this statement in context.