Thank you very much for your question.
First of all, in our view the top priority is that Canada should have a special envoy for Afghanistan to coordinate humanitarian or refugee cases. This is very important because right now the focus is all over and one hand doesn't know what's happening with the other hand. That's number one.
In our view, number two is transferring funds to Afghanistan. Unfortunately, we heard that the Biden administration is getting half of the money, which are deposits that belong to actual people. We don't want to make this a political statement, but what they are doing is nonsense.
We need funds to go through reliable sources, such as the United Nations and big NGOs, to Afghanistan. That could be distributed as cash or as food. It wouldn't go through the current government there.
That is on the humanitarian side.
As for the refugees, one thing we've been asking for the last six months now is about the requirement of the recognition of the United Nations or UNHCR. This is really tough. This is very difficult. We would like this to be abolished or waived for now. As long as any Afghan is outside, we know that he is in danger. To require him to go and get a United Nations card is very difficult.
That's another requirement that the previous witnesses suggested. We strongly believe it is the case and that should be waived.
Thank you.