Mr. Chair, let me just be very specific in terms of what I think we need to do.
One, we need to appropriate and deploy the necessary forces to protect the civilians. The present configuration, UN and otherwise, is not sufficient.
Two, we need intensify international efforts to support a peace process beginning with the negotiation of an enforceable ceasefire.
In each of these things I am referring to the leadership that Canada can take in helping to bring these things about.
Three, we need a major international diplomatic effort to negotiate a cross-line humanitarian assistance approach.
Four, Canada as a lead donor, and I respect what the government has told us this evening about Canadian contributions in so many ways. That should assist us to help coordinate a $232-million relief effort for the eight operations that will be needed with respect to the next three months alone.
Five, we need a coordinated effective strategy involving a coalition of states to sanction human rights violations, as I mentioned earlier.
Six, we must protect civilian communities and engage in a coordinated effort to deliver food, seeds, shelter, water, sanitation, all those things that have been mentioned in this debate and in this regard.
We must also bear in mind what has been said this evening about the danger of starvation and the related danger, a famine in the coming months. This could be a horrific catastrophe when joined together with the conflict itself.
These are some of the initiatives that we can take in this regard.