 And now I give the floor to the distinguished representative of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance. Thank you, Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies. International idea believes that advancing democracy is critical to achieve the 2030 agenda, of which many goals are suffering from stagnation and regression, as highlighting the report by the UN Secretary-General on the progress towards the system of development goals. Democracy guarantees citizens the basic right to actively participate in their communities, through free and fair elections, and the exercise of freedom of expression and association. People can debate and have a voice in public decisions and policies. Promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, ensuring access to justice for all, and building effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels, all of them, are tasks essential for the achievement of the SDGs. As the G16 is the cornerstone of the entire 2030 agenda. Crucially, all the spending tasks are sets of policy goals that democracy achieved most probably better than any other political system in the world. As the G16 is built upon the premise that democracy, peace, and sustainable development are inseparable. Therefore, SDG16 should be emphasizing the SDG summit and in negotiations of this body as an enabler and accelerator of the 2030 agenda. Measuring progress towards SDG16 is thus of the essence. International idea contributes to this through its global state of democracy indices, which include measures for all key dimensions of SDG16, including peace, inclusivity, and access to justice. The SDG16 data initiative, a consortium of 18 organizations, including International Idea, seeks to support the open tracking of the global commitments made by more than 193 countries in 2015, and also provides complementary measures and analysis on several targets and indicators on SDG16. The initiative shows the complementary value of non-official data to monitor progress and deepen the analysis on access to justice, inclusive institutions, and the rule of law. Next to nothing in this agenda, from tackling poverty to providing good health care, from improving education to advancing gender equality, from accelerating economic growth to reducing inequalities, will be achieved if SDG16 fails. Therefore, International Idea urges member states to focus on progress towards SDG16 as a key enabler for the attainment of all SDGs, and considers a top priority for debates in the summit and in its political declaration. I thank you. I thank the distinguished representative of the idea.