Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, I think Jordan is in many ways a textbook case for Canadian humanitarian assistance and also of the link with development. Jordan hosts about one million Syrian refugees currently, as well as hundreds of thousands of other ones. What we continue to do

Foreign Affairs committee  I'll pass to my colleague who is responsible for Europe and the Middle East, Sandra McCardell.

Foreign Affairs committee  Again, I will turn to my colleague for the Middle East. Sandra I believe worked on that report, but I will let her fill in the details.

Foreign Affairs committee  For the 762,000 you mentioned, that was AstraZeneca. There was a certain shelf life left. We needed to move it bilaterally, quickly. We went to all those countries including Haiti and asked them if they were willing and able to take those doses. The list you read out was the list

Foreign Affairs committee  We're placing special attention on ensuring humanitarian access, particularly in the Tigray region, through advocacy, working with both the Ethiopian government and the Tigrayan side.

Foreign Affairs committee  We're working through our embassy in Addis Ababa, primarily.

Foreign Affairs committee  In Ethiopia, as in many countries, we rely most heavily on the UN system of agencies, which includes the World Food Programme, OCHA and the International Committee of the Red Cross. We have long-standing relationships. They're credible, trusted partners, and they report back to u

Foreign Affairs committee  Perhaps, Mr. Chair, I'll start and then ask my colleague for Europe if she has anything to add. The early reports are that there are now over a million people who have left Ukraine—probably more. They are mostly in the five bordering countries. We have not seen any onward movem

Foreign Affairs committee  That's an excellent question, Mr. Chair. I would say that, at this point, the humanitarian and refugee support system is well prepared. The flash appeal that the UN held on Monday was seeking to raise $1.7 billion, and it raised $1.5 billion. This almost never happens. Most huma

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, that's where we pledged. We've pledged $125 million in assistance since January, but in that particular conference we pledged $100 million in additional funding.

Foreign Affairs committee  No, it's part of the $125 million. We announced $15 million at the end of January in anticipation of the crisis. Just at the end of February we launched the matching fund in which we committed to provide $10 million to the Canadian Red Cross, and then just on Monday we committed

Foreign Affairs committee  I will say a couple of words on Yemen and then ask my colleague Sandra, who's responsible for the Middle East, to comment. Yemen, from a humanitarian perspective, continues to be one of the worst crises in the world. I will have to check my data, but I think last year it was the

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, I think I can say quite categorically that Canada has been an extremely generous international assistance donor on COVID. Since the start of the pandemic we've committed $2.7 billion in assistance, the vast majority of that through what we call the ACT-A platform, which is f

Foreign Affairs committee  I'll just say that we are in ongoing dialogue and discussion. It's an issue that we follow very closely. The consequences obviously could be quite dire in the other regions you and Sandra have mentioned.

Foreign Affairs committee  The appeal that I mentioned, the UN appeal.... I forget the exact numbers, but I will say that about $1.3 billion of that was for Ukraine, and the remainder was for the surrounding four or five immediate border countries. A portion of Canadian funding will be going to support the