Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I would like to thank our witnesses again for being here.
As I think everybody in this room has expressed, what we want to see is a cessation of the loss of life and the stopping of attacks on the Tigrayan people, the stopping of the violence against the Tigrayan people.
Just last week, the Secretary-General of the United Nations spoke about two things that were vital for that to happen. The first is that there must be an “immediate withdrawal and disengagement of Eritrean armed forces from Ethiopia.” He added that civilians “are paying a horrific price” across the region, so the second is that all parties “must allow and facilitate the rapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief for all civilians in need.” Those are the two things the Secretary-General identified as the primary things.
I know you've had an opportunity to talk a bit with us about other things Canada can do.
I'll ask this to all three of you, if you wouldn't mind: Do you agree that these are the things that are most urgently required?
Perhaps I could start with you, Mr. Gebremariam.