 10. Avia as an Excel class is the largest ship that you've ever received into the port. I'm delighted to bring our 4,365 guests here today. We appreciate your visit and when you do come to Saint Lucia, we want to be the best host that there can ever be. So welcome to Saint Lucia, we look forward to seeing you many more times in the future. 9. I think the most significant part of the celebrations is going to be the youth rallies where the young people are going to be in their schools, where young people are going to express themselves. I think I'm also very excited about the expressions of creativity, the fashion shows, the business expo, etc., where what Saint Lucia is going to be in on display and aspect of this year's program is decentralized. Everybody is going to be involved, there is something in view for it. So generally, I think the program will bring all solutions together and it's decentralized and the whole solution will be able to participate. 8. Saint Lucia and France reaffirmed their respective commitments to continue nurturing their storied diplomatic relationship and exploring avenues to enhance developmental support. I had a very fruitful meeting with the prime minister and we exchanged and we underlined both of us the importance of our cooperation. This administration and the prime minister in particular has always been keen on cooperating with the French. 7. Scores of marginalized and less fortunate households on Saint Lucia have begun benefiting from close to US$100,000 in items donated from the Taiwanese embassy to the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice and Empowerment. Saint Lucia is now recovering from the pandemic and the Taiwan government is here to extend our utmost support to the economic security of Saint Lucia. 6. Saint Lucia and Martinique continue to advance cooperation to strengthen cross-border security between the two territories. Ambassador, His Excellency, Francis Etienne and General William Bacquet led a delegation of gendarmes officials to Saint Lucia. General Bacquet formally notified the prime minister about the delivery of a shipment of forensic materials to help improve capacity at the Saint Lucia Forensic Science Laboratory. So today I come with a gift of 100 kilos of forensic material. Before concluding their courtesy visit to Saint Lucia, the French delegation also toured the Forensic Science Laboratory, interfaced with the high command of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force and officials in the Ministry of Home Affairs with a view to coordinating training opportunities for the Marine Unit and pursuing forensic cooperation. 5. The National Anti-Money Laundering Oversight Committee, NAMLOG, presented certificates of participation to stakeholders involved in reviewing the recent amendments to Saint Lucia's anti-money laundering, terrorism and proliferation financing legislation. One piece of legislation which will impact several service providers is the Virtual Assets Business Act which was recently passed in December 2022. Anyone wanting to provide virtual asset business from or within Saint Lucia would have to be licensed. 4. Lipfest, a literary festival held in observance of Nobel Laureate Week, poetry, song, drama, the spoken word and dub poetry were among the areas of the arts showcased at the inaugural event which organisers say is a spin-off of the Central Library's lunchtime poetry sessions. This activity concentrates online through song, poetry, recitals, and the creative and performing arts. 3. The Seven Crops Project, a joint collaboration between the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries Food Security and Rural Development and the Taiwan Technical Mission. In their latest feat, The Seven Crops Project handed over inputs as well as battery-operated small machinery to the Agriculture Ministry as part of the efforts to create a more sustainable and appealing agriculture sector. 2. Residents of Bouton participated in a Nemo-facilitated fire prevention workshop. We got a call from the Bouton community asking us to help them out so that they could understand and learn how to deal with fires, how to deal with any emergencies or disasters arising out of fires. 1. Wetlands are purifiers and habitats for thousands of species, of aquatic and terrestrial plants and animals. 2. Human activities. We have to do it in a sustainable way, in a managed way that we're not destroying that very resource, destroying our own livelihoods.