Madam Chair, as I listen tonight, I think we are all extremely concerned about the tensions in Syria. We recognize that the potential is extremely high that the conflict will spill into other parts of the region.
We talked about human rights tonight, and my colleague was no different in his speech. He talked about absurdity, about the seat on the Security Council, yet we also have Rights and Democracy, which is a group that actually works very closely on the ground to help protect human rights.
Does he not think it is extremely absurd that the government, in a time of conflict in Syria, turns around and removes the funding to the very organization that is there to assist people in conflict like this?