In terms of the work of the Red Cross, I think it's important to signal or perhaps re-characterize what I was trying to describe earlier. The International Committee and the international movement have pre-positioned in the country considerable relief supplies and have a capacity to deliver medical assistance, medical supplies, to the makeshift clinic that is in this community. As well, we are involved in evacuating people out of that area and supporting the internally displaced peoples camps, as well as the civilian populations that are not in any camps whatsoever.
Yes, we have access to the populations in much of the country. No, we don't have enough access into the area affected by the conflict. No, we are not able to deliver enough assistance because of the constraints of the situation. So when you ask us to be clear, we're looking for more funds for humanitarian action.
We're also looking for the Government of Canada to make it clear to the Sri Lankan government that there is an expectation that the basic tenets of international humanitarian law will be respected, which is to say, civilians should have access to humanitarian assistance. Those in a position to deliver humanitarian assistance should have safe access to those civilians. That is not, in fact, the situation we face today.