 This year, on April 26, St. Lucia and the World celebrate World Intellectual Property Day under the theme IP and Youth Innovating for a Better Future. This important event was established by the World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO, in 2000 to raise awareness of the role that intellectual property rights play in our daily lives, to celebrate creativity and to recognize the contribution made by creators and innovators to the development of societies across the global. The theme this year focuses on the extraordinary talent and innovation of young people around the world. St. Lucia is no exception. The youth of today offer fresh perspectives. They bring energy and positivity to the table, all in an effort to drive change and to move to a more sustainable future. It is also an opportunity for the youth to discover how IP rights can support their ambitions and help to make their dreams a reality. This can further be advanced into income generation and job creation through the use of key IP tools. St. Lucia is fortunate to have a wealth of youth talent and creativity. We see this flourishing in the music industry, graphic arts and animations, drama, sports, entrepreneurship, to name a few. These contributions should not go unnoticed. This is where the role of WIPO becomes important. WIPO seeks to support national and regional efforts to create a legal and policy environment for young inventors, creators and entrepreneurs to thrive. St. Lucia, through the registry of companies and intellectual property, will play its part in exploring the means of making the right resources available to the young people of the nation to help transform their dreams into reality. The registry has planned a number of activities to mark world IPD. These include an open day to provide information to young people on the IP registration process and the avenues available to promote their creativity, an essay competition for students of the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College, and a student creativity showcase which will recognize students of secondary schools on Ireland for their creativity and innovation. We hope to accomplish our activities through collaboration with some key government ministries, agencies and organizations such as the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Creative Industries, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports, Exports St. Lucia, ECHO and the National Youth Council. I take this opportunity on behalf of the registry of companies and intellectual property of the Attorney General's chambers to wish all St. Lucia's a happy world intellectual property day and to encourage particularly our young people who are creators, inventors and entrepreneurs or those aspiring to get there to actively pursue their IP goals and ambitions to build a better future.