 My name is Carol Null of Sotter and I'm the ambassador of Sweden to the United States. I send my greetings from Washington DC, which is gearing up for President Biden's summit for democracy. Sweden has a broad and ambitious democracy agenda at home and abroad. And we look forward to contributing to this timely summit in every way we can. Well, we really need all hands on deck to counter the worrying trends of global democratic backsliding and shrinking civic space. But this effort cannot be limited to nation states, which leads me to the tremendous group of non-state actors gathered in the Global Democracy Coalition Forum initiated by our close partner, International Idea. Your 24-hour forum, packed with democracy leaders, scholars and activists providing their expert views on topics ranging from free media to Afghanistan, will multiply the voices on democracy this coming week. And your contributions will provide new perspectives, help us gorge the temperature of global democracy and let us learn from each other's achievements and mistakes so that we can collectively build a better tomorrow. And that, in the end, is what democracy is all about, a plurality of voices all contributing to an ever-improved whole. Thank you so much for this important contribution.