Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Indeed it is one of the signature projects. We've supplied funding to the World Health Organization. We work with other organizations as well in the inoculation of children. We also work with the forces in ensuring days of tranquility to inoculate children against polio.
Polio has been eradicated in about 84% of the territory of Afghanistan. As was suggested earlier, we did not meet the 2009 target to eradicate polio. Part of that is actually owing to the cross-border transmission of the virus. In order to address that aspect, we also have a certain amount of funding that goes to the eradication of polio in Pakistan.
That said, we have inoculated 95% of the targeted children and we've committed to an ongoing effort to eradicate the disease.