 On Tuesday, February 2, 2021, the National Commission for UNESCO observed the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the St. Lucia National Commission following St. Lucia's membership to the United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO shortly after its independence in 1979. Later this year in December, the Commission will celebrate the 40th anniversary of St. Lucia's membership to the International Organization for the Francophonie. Secretary-General of the National Commission for UNESCO, Marcia Simforian, announced the winner of the logo competition and unveiled the winning piece at a small ceremony held at the unit's offices recently. I would like to announce the winner of the National Commission's 40th anniversary logo competition. Congratulations to Mr. Neil John. Mr. John receives a trophy which features his logo inscribed there on, as well as a monetary award of a thousand EC dollars. The National Commission is a semi-autonomous agency under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development, the key role of the organization is to facilitate intergovernmental cooperation to support national development initiatives. Ms. Simforian says over the past 40 years, the National Commission has made a tremendous contribution to St. Lucia's development agenda by facilitating international cooperation and bilateral collaboration in UNESCO's fields of competence, education, culture, science and information and communication. The Commission is pleased to have collaborated with national, regional and international partners on several initiatives over the years. The attainment of World Heritage status, the inscription of Sir Arthur Lewis' papers on the International Memory of the World Register, the inscription of the Wadric Walcott Collection on the original memory of the World Register, the establishment of the Wadric Walcott Collection and the UWE Open Campus, the global celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Sir William Arthur Lewis by UNESCO, the establishment of the Sufra Community Radio Sufra FM under the International Programme for the Development of Communications, while thanking the Commission for the opportunity provided by holding the competition, the 40th anniversary logo winner and a budding graphic designer has encouraged other young people like himself to start up training in graphic design. Today at the website, I went to the UNESCO website and I saw a few of their styles, they are the world, they are the globe, the world in the background, so I wanted to incorporate that in the logo as you could see, there's a solution map in the back of the 40 years, so I just wanted to make it unique and basically speak out to the organization and I just wanted to let everybody know, all the youth know that you could always start, I mean if you want to do graphic designing or whatever, there's no time period for it, you could always start, you could always push yourself. The National Commission for UNESCO has also been instrumental in the provision of support in the areas of policy development for the St. Lucia Cultural Policy, the St. Lucia TVET Policy and the St. Lucia National Language Policy, the Commission is of the view that this milestone anniversary will provide an opportunity to reflect on these and many other accomplishments while positioning the organization to embrace new possibilities, to adapt to changing modalities and new realities. From the Communications Unit of the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development, I am Chris Satney reporting.