thank you, mr. koh your remark that it's very much a privilege to hear from you, and to hear your comments and your vision for the legal advisors office. thank you for your remarks. my name is allison mccain, an international human rights and i spent the better part of my career advocating for women's property rights. so i would like to ask about convention on all forms of discrimination against women. is the microphone present a problem? i'd like to ask you about an issue of u.s. application of the dog. and specifically, i was wondering if you could comment on the significance of this international treaty. [inaudible] >> but i likewise heard that the legal advisors office continue different levels of involvement with different processes. so would be interested in hearing anything you can share on your vision for how your office will approach this. >> well, i testified in favor of the ratification of the sea dog when i was assistant secretary for human rights in 1999. and i testified for ratification of