In December 2020, in preparation for potential displacement from Afghanistan, there was a contingency plan drawn up by UNHCR and shared in March or April with all member states, including the Government of Canada. Therefore, support from the Government of Canada for preparation and contingency planning was included. Also, some $7 million was given to UNHCR in 2021. Some of this was used to prepare, to have contingency stocks in place around the region. We did have support from the Government of Canada [Technical difficulty —Editor] to our contingency planning that was presented.
On January 31st, 2022. See this statement in context.