Mr. Speaker, I had the opportunity to discuss this issue today with the US ambassador to the UN, Madeleine Albright, who was passing through Ottawa. I reminded her that Canada finds it regrettable that the UN security council did not decide to send a bigger contingent than that currently in Rwanda to assist General Dallaire, who is trying to get the parties to agree to a ceasefire.
I remind the hon. member that on Friday Canada asked the UN Human Rights Commission to look into the situation in Rwanda with the utmost urgency and make a series of recommendations in this regard. Finally, I remind him that Canada made available to the United Nations and humanitarian organizations two military planes now in Nairobi that can at any time bring food and medicine to the afflicted people of Kigali and the surrounding area.