David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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I thank Mr. Rajasingham for his presentation and I note he spoke about engaging in diplomatic efforts and negotiations to secure humanitarian access. He further mentioned that OCHA engages "with militaries, de facto authorities, and non-state armed groups to negotiate access and aid to besieged or hard-to-reach communities". Does that mean that OCHA talks to virtually anybody and does the best it can to keep all lines of communication open or are there groups that OCHA refuses to talk to, for whatever reason?