Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to answer a question which concerns my department and which is asked pursuant to the rules of this House.
I want to confirm to the hon. member that our official in Addis-Abeba made representations to the Organization of African Unity, asking it to get more involved in finding ways to help a population decimated by this totally unacceptable civil war.
I can assure the hon. member that Canada is prepared to participate in a humanitarian mission in that part of the world, which needs it badly.