mrs. schaap's comments. as we understand it and we were only briefed on this yesterday afternoon so we're still digesting it and, you know, we all have our lawyers who are reviewing this and what not. our understanding at this point is that the license that has been issued would only apply to programs that are wholly or partly funded by the u.s. government. and so if our agencies are working there doing discreet prosecutors prams that do not receive u.s. government funding or wishing to do that, that would not be covered by the license that was issued. apparently last friday. >> so your concern, if i understand correctly, from both of you on behalf of your organizations, relief efforts that are not directly funded by the united states government may still put your organizations at legal risk? >> that's correct. >> that are operating in south africa? >> that's correct. >> we hope that will be resolved promptly. >> at this point per our understanding you say it has all the authorities and clarences it needs an

mr. schaap. >> yeah, i would again fully endorse what mr. wouter schaap has said about the need to build resiliency. the sorts of programs the u.s. government has funded in ethiopia and kenya are really important reason why they impact of the drought there is not as severe as we are seeing in somalia. i think it's important to note regardless of the political security factors, the lack of development programming going back years in somalia far before the current political configuration was in place is a significant factor in why it is so much worse there and looking forward we need to invest in a response right now that is not thinking just about the next three months but about the next five to 10 years in trying to rebuild people's resilience and livelihoods as quickly as possible. in terms of the u.s. government support, the specific budget and engaging the american public, we have been very concerned so far that this situation doesn't seem to have really broken through yet in terms of the american consciousness in a way that the recent cri

mr. schaap's comments. we were only briefed on this yesterday afternoon, so we are still digesting this, and we have armies of lawyers reviewing it. our understanding is the license that has been issued would only apply to programs that are wholly or partly funded by the u.s. government. if our agencies are working there doing discreet programs that do not have u.s. government funding, that would not be occurred by the license issued last friday. >> so your concern from both of you is that relief efforts that are not directly funded by the u.s. government may still put your organizations at some legal risk operating there? >> yes. >> i hope that can be resolved. >> we hope so. the other concern on the implementation, you say it has all the authorities and clearances it needs, and it is then how they translate that to them and their partners. that will be a discussion we will have in the coming days. >> all three of you emphasized that time is of the essence, that there are literally tens of thousands of chi