yes, thank you for having me, and as it happens, international rescue committee... can you hear me? wherever they are from, know the value of freedom and are determined to repay the countries they have landed in. for britain, it is obviously also a massive contribution across the arts, across politics, across business, across sport and i hope that we can, on this day when the record number of fleeing conflict and persecution in the modern world is evident, we can highlight the fact that the welcome that countries offer to refugees is not just a matter of that countries offer to refugees is notjust a matter of having a big heart, it is the matter of having a smart head. the record figures today are over 70 million refugees forcibly displaced, in your words, through war, economic misery and climate stress. when it comes to britain‘s role in dealing with refugees, do you think that role has been diminished as britain has become distracted by domestic political matters? well, there is no doubt that brexit has castrated british foreign policy, butjust to be clear, their 70 million figure

so significant challenges for organisations like yours, the international rescue committee, to try ando become the next prime minister of the uk do you think would most listen to you? which of those four do you think would be the best prime minister? you have talked about borisjohnson's position on brexit, being, to quote you, "straight out of never—never land". well, i'm not sure i want to damn any of the candidates by endorsing them, which is what you are inviting me to do. i don't want to get myself into the middle of that, it may raise all sorts of weird and wonderful questions. i think that the worrying thing for all of us who are british citizens is the extent to which the debate inside the conservative party is happening in a parallel universe. it's almost like they have deluded themselves, never mind wanting to delude the voters, that we can continue to have our cake and eat it on brexit. brexit involves trade—offs and it involves costs and we need a prime minister who is willing to face up to those costs. i haven't seen that from any of those candidates so far and frankly the

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i'm with the international rescue committee. we are working on the front lines of the crises in fragile states all around the world. presently we are in 37 countries and we are growing, unfortunately. we have seen a lot of messaging from u.s but we are also seeing this administration use back channels to block that. for example, one of our programs in zaire and congo is on help , but wetrengthening, have been advised to not work with the government because of a back channel for this administration to lock, -- -- using thein the trafficking of persons of status act. how can we know this administration is not going to block our strategies you have presented here? >> someone can take that one. [laughter] the finger is being pointed over here. .> you know, you can't the administration, in terms of the president, has a view about military power and the military instrument, and of its import. and i think in some sense he has not learned the lesson that general nagata talked about that we have learned over the last 17 years, that the m

i'm with the international rescue committee and we're working on the front lines of the crisis in fragiletates around the world. presently we're in 37 countries and we're growing unfortunately. we've seen a lot of great messaging from usaid and our experts in d.c. around the reasons why we need to expand our investment in international development. but we're also seeing this administration using back challenges to block that, for example, one of our programs in the congo is on health system strengthening, but we've been advised to not work with the government because of a back channel for this administration to block using the tips, the trafficking of persons, how can we make sure that white house administration isn't using block to the back channels of the strategies? >> who want to take that one? the finger is pointed over here. you know, you can't-- the administration in terms of the president has a view about military power and the military instrument and of its importance. in some sense he has not learned the lesson that general na nagata talked about, that the military is not going

according to a rapid assessment by the international rescue committee from march 2019 which is responding directly to this outbreak pre- existing gender norms expose women and girls to specific and increased risks during disease outbreaks. during the current outbreak of ebola in north kivu in the drc how factors have seen a similar pattern that they saw and west with -- fluctuating between 62%. carry permit -- this means that women and girls in particularly adolescent girls must increase the number of times by foot each day to fetch water. here are my questions, what is being done to ensure that women and girls have access to both services and sexual and gender- based violence related during this out ? if you can comment on that. >> thank you for the question. i can say clearly that the interventions in the treatment is focused for all. there clearly is a significant increase in children and women and so that is being noted and factored in to our interventions . >> is there any sort of coordinated activity that is specifically relating to the sexual violence of women and girls as it relat