Madam Speaker, in answer to the first question, in my opening remarks I wanted to draw the attention of the House that within Africa there are number of major trouble spots.
We have been able in the Central Africa Republic to effectively participate in a peacekeeping mission that has stabilized one of the areas. In the case of Sierra Leone the tragedy is ongoing. In the west African nations there is the peacekeeping force, ECOMOG force. We have already made $1 million contribution to support that.
Right now as president of the council of the United Nations we are sponsoring a major discussion about what to do in Sierra Leone. What we are talking about is a specific mission in the Central Africa Republic of the nature described by the Minister of National Defence.
We should be aware of the fact that as these things unfold there will be a continuing necessity for the House and the government to look at how we can help in Africa to build up a higher level of stability and to support many of our partners in Africa that are taking on the responsibility of peacekeeping.