Thank you, Speaker. Hon President, perhaps unintentionally, the perception has now been created amongst both African and other nations around the world that we are not as committed to the democratic values and the deepening of democracy in international affairs as we may have professed.
First of all, there are the pronouncements by the youth of the ruling party with regard to Botswana. [Interjections.] I would appeal, Speaker, that the President gets a chance to hear what I have to ask because we want him to answer the question ... [Interjections.] By those pronouncements and, even more seriously, by voting for Resolution 1973, endorsing violent or military intervention in the affairs of Libya, we veered away from our commitment to the resolution of international problems by peaceful means. How does your government at the present time intend to work to change that perception of our country? [Interjections.]