 Allow me to congratulate your chairmanship since the South Africa's first time taking the floor and also express our gratitude for the hospitality extended to us by the government and the people of Romania in this beautiful city of Bucharest. We are meeting here as the global collective of ICT leaders in various sectors of society, be it from member states, industry and multilateral institutions, to consider the advancement of technology in a world that was ravaged by COVID-19, which amongst others challenged all of us to fast-track the deployment and advancement of technology to ensure that all have access. In South Africa, we have commenced the implementation of our broadband connectivity program known as South Africa or SA Connect to ensure that all South Africans have access to the internet. Through this program, our mobile telecommunications operators who recently received their spectrum licenses will spend well over 1.3 billion US dollars on social obligations to connect all outstanding public schools, health facilities, public libraries, government centers and traditional authorities. Smarteniously, the South African government will invest more than 161 million US dollars to deploy over 33,000 community Wi-Fi hotspots, benefiting more than 5.8 million households to enable the community connectivity through Wi-Fi. With some level of network stability, government has published the draft Next Generation Radio Frequency Spectrum Policy for public consultation. This policy proposal also proposes timelines to switch off 2G and 3G networks, whilst also proposing time frames for the conclusion of the roadmap towards the deployment of 4G and 5G networks. The intention is to ensure that all of South Africa is covered by the latest network technologies at West by 2027. We are also working with sister countries within Africa to foster cooperation on broadband connectivity and will continue to provide updates to the ITU. The deployment of Next Generation networks such as 5G will enable us to exploit digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, internet of things and blockchain to both advance our economies, but also to advance sustainable development. In the month of November 2022, we will launch the AI Hub in partnership with investors in South Africa, and this will be expanded to other investors and higher education institutions in Africa to create multiple centres of excellence in the continent. We have launched the DishTech App Store not only for South Africa, but working to partner with other countries in Africa to complement our African continental free trade area as part of creating digital markets. Our commitment to the collective effort for ICT development and inclusivity is the embodiment of our candidature for ITU Council and the Radio Regulations Board, and we seek your support for our reelection. There is an African saying that says, when you want to go fast, go alone, but when you want to go further, go with everybody else. I thank you.