Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The situation is very tense in Burundi since the murder, in October 1993, of the first democratically elected president of that republic. In recent months, some 50,000 people have died in the conflict between the two main ethnic groups, and there is every indication that another crisis is looming. The recent assassination of the minister of energy and mines has exacerbated the situation and there is a great deal of insecurity in the country.
Can the minister tell us about the current situation in Burundi and the means being considered by the UN and Canada to prevent a crisis?