 Excellencies, Distinguished Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is a great pleasure and privilege to just use this morning at this opening of the 2015 World Radio Communication Conference. WRC 50, like the radio communication assembly last week, represents an important landmark in the life of ITU's radio communication sector. As you know, World Radio Communication Conference are responsible for updating the radio revelations, the international treaty governing the use of the radio frequency spectrum, and the geostationary satellite and known geostationary satellite orbits. The preparation for WRC 50, which started nearly four years ago, has seen an increasing participation of the ITUR membership that resulted in thousands of pages of ITUR recommendations and reports developed and approved to address all the required technical and regulatory issues on the WRC 50 agenda. Of course, we are running a paperless conference. We are not presenting you these thousands of pages of recommendations and reports in paper copies. They are all available online. There are around 40 topics on the WRC 50 agenda. Some of the main issues to be discussed at the conference will be the provision of additional frequencies to meet the rapidly growing demand for mobile broadband communications, the allocation of frequencies for advanced broadband public protection and disaster relief, DPR. New allocation for us explorating satellite services with higher resolution radars imagery for improved global environmental and climate change monitoring, spectrum for the aeronautical sector related to the use of unmanned aircraft systems, UAS, and wireless aeronautics, intro communications, MAC, MAIC. The consideration of spectrum for group of flight tracking for severe aviation following the decision of the last ITU plenum potential conference held in Busan last year enhanced maritime communication systems to facilitate the use of onboard digital transmission and automatic identification system on visuals for improved navigation safety. The allocation of frequencies for short range, high resolution radars for collision avoidance systems in vehicles for increased route safety. Allocation of spectrum for broadband satellite systems providing for all stations onboard moving platforms such as vehicle visas and improving coordination procedures to make more efficient use of spectrum and satellite orbits. Examining the feasibility of achieving a continuous reference time scale by modifying coordinated universal time UTC. Ladies and gentlemen, we can see that this conference will address important topics that offer crucial relevance to governments, industry, and individuals all over the world. We have prepared a special edition of the ITU news magazine on WRC 15 to help inform the ITU community as well as members of the public on the main issues at stake here and on the potential impact of the conference's decisions. Distinguished colleagues, let me congratulate Mr. Fatuus Dodu for his nomination as chairman of WRC 15. As well as the vice chairman, Mr. Dodu, I have every confidence in your abilities to ensure a smooth and efficient running of the conference over the four coming weeks. I would also like to take this opportunity to express my high appreciation for my calling. Mr. Francois Ranci, director of the Radio-communication Bureau and his staff of the Radio-communication Bureau for excellent work on the preparations of WRC 15. Of course, I also appreciate the other staff of ITU, other services who engaged with this preparation. Ladies and gentlemen, in conclusion, WRC 15 will define new and better ways to regulate radio services and applications in a world where radio communications are playing a more and more important role in connecting people. I'm convinced that the outcome of the conference will represent a major contribution in making the world a better place for all. I wish you a very productive and successful WRC 15. Thank you very much.