Afghanistan committee  Yes, if I may, Mr. Chair. That would be appreciated. Thank you, Ms. Kwan. In reference to the carve-outs, the UN carve-outs are a really significant step forward. What we would certainly encourage the Canadian government to do now is look at how those carve-outs at the UN are r

Afghanistan committee  It's partly in reference to that, but not only that. We see a broader need for UN Resolution 2615 to be further integrated into Canadian domestic legislation more broadly to ensure that it is brought fully into line with international humanitarian law, or IHL. However, the arti

Afghanistan committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, I can confirm that we are in the process of discussing the sanctions legislation with Global Affairs Canada.

Afghanistan committee  Very quickly, I think our hospital program represents a very interesting model that is potentially scalable in terms of, on the one hand, doing some kind of deals with the Taliban as governance, whilst at the same time ensuring that funding is not channelled to them whilst it is

Afghanistan committee  Thank you very much indeed for the question, honourable member. It's a key question. We see the authorities in Afghanistan, in light of their previous role, as a party to the conflict in Afghanistan, and therefore, within the scope of international humanitarian law, as a bellige

Afghanistan committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thank you also to the honourable member for the question. I have a very similar answer to Mr. Aylieff's. Again, I say a huge thank you to the Canadian government for the $4.5 million Canadian that funded the ICRC's programming in Afghanistan d

Afghanistan committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. We are, as I mentioned, present in most of the provinces around Afghanistan today, and obviously have been concerned about some of the allegations and reports you're alluding to. We have not been able to observe any of those events first-hand or to document

Afghanistan committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, I would again very much second Mr. Aylieff's comments about the fact that we were also engaged very much in the worsening humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, in any case, in the first half of last year. We've had a 20-year standing engagement with t

Afghanistan committee  Our key messages to you are that it is desperately important that the international community, including the Canadian government, engage today. It is essential that liquidity be brought back into the Afghan system. There is a need to ensure that the central bank can begin to func

Afghanistan committee  Thank you very much indeed, Mr. Chair. I would very much like to echo the sentiments of Mr. Aylieff in congratulating the special parliamentary committee of Canada for being engaged and consulting with us on this day on this extremely critical issue. My name is Patrick Hamilton