 I would like to thank the government of Argentina for their hospitality and for welcoming us to this beautiful city of Buenos Aires. I also would like to express our sincere gratitude to the ITU Secretary General, Mr. Haudenosaun and to the Director of PDT, Mr. Brahima Sanu, for their invaluable efforts for the preparation of a successful conference. We strongly believe the importance of information and communication technologies as an accelerator of development. RCTs have a very critical impact on the quality of life of people across the globe, especially between those who have access to them and those who do not. Therefore, it is government's responsibility to ensure that the goals and targets relating to the role of ICTs for sustainable development should address the basic needs and interests of the most disadvantaged citizens within society. These needs include but not limited to health care and food production, saving people out of poverty circle through job opportunities, monitoring climate change and processes relating to land and water and bridging the digital gender divide. With this huge responsibility, Turkey's strategic vision of 2023 sets very important goals regarding ICTs. These goals include maintaining ICT-based economic growth, transformation to knowledge-based society, and enhancing high-speed broadband access for all. In line with that vision, Turkey continues to taking strong steps in order to create a fully transformed digital economy and society through affordable and accessible ICTs. The IMT Advanced Auction held in 2015 represented an important milestone for Turkey's transition to 5G. Turkey is planning to be one of the first countries to adopt 5G technology. Ladies and gentlemen, we are well aware that digital divide is still an important issue to overcome in the agenda and we need to put connectivity to the core of our focus. Finding ways and means for affordable access to ICTs should be one of our major solutions to tackle this problem. Turkey is very proud with its success stories that have been reached by use of the Universal Service Fund to bring broadband to rural and remote areas within the country. The Internet is an important contributor for sustainable development. However, providing connectivity as a basic need and right of every citizen brings new challenges for governments. At the top of the list, there is safety and security needs of the Internet users, especially children. We are in an era that children are born as digital natives and accurately vulnerable to illegal and harmful effects of the Internet. Ensuring their safety and security is a responsibility that all stakeholders should contribute within their capacity. We believe that this conference is a huge opportunity for us to emphasize the importance of ICTs for achievement of sustainable development goals and we all should work together in the spirit of cooperation to reach concrete results. To you Mr. Chairman and to all respected colleagues, we extend our very best wishes for a successful and fruitful conference. Thank you very much.