 We're here at GET 2016, the second global forum for emergency telecommunications in Kuwait, and I'm very pleased to be joined by Mr C.I.O.C. Sir Valeni, who is Deputy Prime Minister, and also Minister responsible for Communications and Disaster Management in Tonga. Minister, thank you very much indeed for being with us today. Happy to be here. Perhaps we could start off by talking about Tonga and asking you about what's your country's experience in disaster management. Tonga is a small island developing state in one of the most vulnerable small island developing states. We have had two cyclones so far this year, and we as a country have experienced a lot of natural hazards in the last couple of years. We have had cyclones, we have had earthquakes, we had volcanoes, so we have had those experience and learned from some of that. And as a result, we have developed a set of measures in place. We have had a legislation that actually deals with setting up a body that is responsible for coordinating and managing our disaster response and also working on preparedness. We also have a legislation that actually deals with setting up an emergency fund so we can have some resources to address some of the post disaster needs and activities that need to be done, not only to save lives but also to provide the necessary logistics to provide the support to the affected communities. So based on the experience we had, we have set up certain framework in place and institutional arrangement that hopefully will better prepare Tonga, not only to prepare ourselves for the disaster but also to actually respond efficiently and effectively. And how can ICTs help to reduce the impact of natural disasters? ICT as you probably know is a key tool for sustainable development. In the case of disaster, one of the key focus areas for Tonga is preparedness. So we are actually using ICT to actually inform the communities, inform the public and also educate them. At the same time, we also use ICT when needed to actually warn them like early warning systems, providing information about weather for radio, television and also even using mobile phone for SMS and so forth. So ICT to us is a key tool in our efforts to better prepare our people and also in terms of response. After the both disaster response, we need to have communication in place. So we try to pre-position some of our communication system like set phones and what have you. So we can actually find out what's happening on the ground, especially straight after disaster. And what role does development play in disaster management? Development is very important for Tonga, as a developing countries. And what we've done is actually allocate a certain percentage, a relatively large amount of our development assistance towards building our resilience. Right now it's approximately about 30% of development assistance goes into building our resilience and also looking at addressing some of the disaster issues. And as a result, most of our project actually build in, affect, build in a component about, for example, if we're doing infrastructure. We try and build in a climate resilience, a disaster resilient component into it, recognising the fact that we are vulnerable to natural hazards. Finally, I'd like to ask you how can events like this, GET 2016, for example, help stakeholders join forces for a better tomorrow? Tonga is still believed that a multi-stakeholder approach is key to addressing efficiently and effectively about disasters. And GET 2016 actually bring in those relevant stakeholders, the private sectors, the operators, the policy makers, the government official, and through this type of forum, I believe we can share lessons learned, the strength, and we can leverage each other's resources to actually deal with a disaster more effectively. I think it is very important. The fact that all your progress in any of your development agenda can be wiped out by a natural disaster. Minister Syrvan, any thank you very much indeed. Thank you.