Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you so much for that question. I think the Government of Southern Sudan in the person of the President of the Government of Southern Sudan has a vision of how to embrace all the southern Sudanese. The question of disclusion of some of the tribes in southern Sudan is not app

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. With regard to part of the recommendation, you know that the war in southern Sudan has left nothing. Right now, the international community, including Canada, is asking the Government of Southern Sudan to provide good governance. It is impossible to have a good govern

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for bringing up the issue of women in Sudan. The issue of women in Sudan is really a major concern. You mentioned also the issue of instability. Many of the women migrated during the wartime to neighbouring countries. That has a lot of impact on the role women have to

Foreign Affairs committee  Could you repeat that question, please?

Foreign Affairs committee  Well, the Americans are trying to help the process of peace in southern Sudan, and in Sudan in general. They are not helping one part.

Foreign Affairs committee  I cannot comment on that at all.

Foreign Affairs committee  Unfortunately, there is no connection between what was happening in the international arena in regard to the problem of southern Sudan. As you can recall, the problem of war in southern Sudan started in 1947. In 1955, that was the first guerrilla movement for the people of southe

Foreign Affairs committee  No, not at all.

Foreign Affairs committee  Well, actually, it's not been a power struggle, because southern Sudan has never had a chance to say a word in the whole country since independence. The war has been about equal development and an equal share in the decision-making in the country; people of southern Sudan did not

Foreign Affairs committee  In terms of ethnicity in Darfur, 90% are Africans. Religious-wise, they are 100% or 99% Muslim.

Foreign Affairs committee  In the south or in the north?

Foreign Affairs committee  In the south, the majority are Christian, and the second group is animist. For Muslims, I don't have the exact numbers because we can't tell who believes in certain religions, but all of us, we respect. They don't have that high a percentage.

Foreign Affairs committee  Well, I have no idea of the process of selling land in southern Sudan. I'm not sure of what is going on in the north. But the Chinese are involved in business with the north...[Inaudible--Editor]...than the south.

Foreign Affairs committee  Not from the point where we stand right now because there is nothing that actually links China and southern Sudan directly. There are no negotiations. If southern Sudan becomes a different state, the Chinese are trying to know what the future of their business in Sudan will be.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for that suggestion. I think in 2008 the former foreign affairs minister, Mr. Bernier, and the Honourable Deepak visited Sudan, including Juba, and that visit had a very positive impact. I believe, at this particular time, if Canada can actually visit Sudan again at a