the one that springs to mind is unhcr. for those of us who do not understand the structure, there seems to be a natural dovetail that they could take some of the burden away. why isn't that happening? >> unhcr and unrwa operate under different mandates, different mandate structures. it is worth briefly outlining the discrepancy. since 2018 when the trump administration defunded unrwa, we have heard continuous misinformation about the difference between unhcr and unrwa. there's been a lot of false information propagated by the trump administration and others claiming that unrwa gives palestinian refugees and unfair advantage. this is far from being the case. if anything, unhcr has a broader mandate then unrwa -- than unrwa. the other thing that is worth noting is unrwa is mandated to provide services to register the palestine refugees in certain geographical areas, jordan, the west bank, and gaza, but there are refugees outside of those places, particularly refugees from syria who are seeking sanctuary. when that entitled t

as we can observe today on certain issues including as you mentioned before mean for the work that unhcr is doing. how does that affect thevital assistance you are providing ? >> it's such an important question and it has many aspects. i tried to be quick in responding. first of all, is this the same type of taliban government we saw in the 90s? i've been involved in afghanistan for decades so i have some personal comparisons i can make. i don't know, it's difficult to say. certainly what has changed and it has been said many times is afghanistan itself. the afghanistan the taliban took over in 1996 97 was profoundly different from the afghanistan they have taken over recently. they have to live with that. they have to cope with that. they have to deal with that situation and that i think is the sense that many investments were made. many people are saying all those investments are wasted. number all the investments made in 20 years between 2001 and 2021 have changed the country and have made it impossible or anybody to rule it in a way that was tried 25 years ago so there's a difference

funding, our partners on the ground, including unhcr, reached over 196,000 afghans. unhcr used these funds to provide basic relief items and cash assistance, winterization supplies, food, protection needs, shelter, and more. when it comes to - and that, of course, is only one of our partners. when it comes to the issue of the authorizations and the specific and general licenses that we've spoken to from the department of the treasury, they have issued both to facilitate the provision of general - of humanitarian aid to the people of afghanistan. we want to be very clear to the international community that not only are we not standing in the way of the provision of much-needed humanitarian assistance to the afghan people, but we are doing everything we can to facilitate the flow of vital assistance and support to the afghan people. we've also worked in multilateral fora to do the same. we advocated for the un security council to adopt un security council resolution 2615 that exempted humanitarian and other activities that support basic needs from so-called 1988 sancti

while the fcdo claimed that they would make referrals to the evacuation scheme, the unhcr website makes clear they make no such reference. is the government creating a system to intentionally fail those we owe something to, or is this yet another case of their nepotism and hopelessness that prioritise animals over human beings. i prioritise animals over human beinus. , , ., prioritise animals over human beinus. , ., , beings. i believe it is a serious in'ustice beings. i believe it is a serious injustice to _ beings. i believe it is a serious injustice to the _ beings. i believe it is a serious injustice to the efforts - beings. i believe it is a serious injustice to the efforts of- beings. i believe it is a serious injustice to the efforts of local| injustice to the efforts of local councils up and down the country to look after people coming from afghanistan, and i think he does an injustice to the efforts of the uk. we are proud already under the operation to have evacuated 15,000 people from afghanistan and we have allocated 286 million in aid and assistance for people in afghanista