National Defence committee  Absolutely. Just so you know, I'm very clear. You have made very clear the back and forth that needs to happen between knowledge gained on the ground with these high-end operations and efforts and then bringing that back to the UN for policy development so we can start pushing the UN to where it needs to go to address the challenges of UN international peacekeeping in the 21st century.

National Defence committee  That's extremely helpful. Thank you so much. I don't have a lot of time. Dr. Jones, I'm hoping to loop back to you on a couple of other questions. However, I'd like to turn my attention to Ms. White and Ms. Woroniuk. Thanks for the excellent conversation. As a woman who has worked only in male-dominated professions, the business world and politics, I've learned that for a woman to really have an impact, we need to actually get to a critical mass really quickly.

National Defence committee  Thank you so much, Mr. Chair. I want to thank everyone for their excellent presentations. I'll start with you, Dr. Jones, if that's okay. I'm fairly new to the committee, so I really appreciated the high-level overview you started with—that we're now in a post-Arab Spring period.

National Defence committee  I have only 30 seconds left. I'm also very concerned about what's happening in Myanmar and the impacts. I'm well read on the responsibility to protect. How can we re-engage the world into this commitment to the responsibility to protect for that region? What's missing now?

National Defence committee  Thank you.

National Defence committee  Thank you so much, Mr. Chair, and thank you for this wonderful conversation today. I have a couple of questions. As everybody knows, Canada is vying for a spot on the UN Security Council. Should we succeed, in light of the context of the conversation we're having today, what do you think Canada should be pushing for next?

National Defence committee  What I'm hearing from you sounds like the UN has started shifting into this new conceptual framework that you were talking about, which I think sounds great. The next area I want to talk about is what's stopping more women from joining these missions and the army. What we heard from a previous academic is that you almost have to build a certain number of women to be able to help create some change within the army and within these missions.

National Defence committee  Thank you.

National Defence committee  Thank you so much, Mr. Chair. I want to say what an honour it is to have both of you here today. You have given a colossal amount of information and a lot of recommendations, and not all of them are going to be implemented overnight. I'd love to, as I'm asking questions, focus a little on what next level of changes we can push, both domestically and also within the UN.

National Defence committee  The other thing I'm curious about is that you said the UN has a very clear goal for Mali. Is it a very clear goal to create those conditions for peace? What would you say? The reason I'm asking the question, just so you understand, is that in my mind you have introduced this whole thing about figuring out which part of the Maslow theory you're trying to focus on.

National Defence committee  That makes sense. How much time do I have?

National Defence committee  Thank you. I'm new to this committee so everything fascinates me right now. Your three recommendations were to manage your meaning, figure out which part of Maslow you're trying to focus on, and then you talked about innovative tools. I'm going to continue the thread we have been talking about.

National Defence committee  I have about 45 seconds left. It sounds as though we're fairly best in class in terms of our training. What's the process that ensures that we're constantly revising to make sure each of these modules continue to be best in class?

National Defence committee  Perfect. Thank you very much.

National Defence committee  Thank you. There also have been cases of sexual harassment on various different missions. What part of the training helps to make sure we talk about safety and how to be, whether it's within Canada or on our missions abroad?