 Mr. General Secretary, Mr. Deputy Secretary, generally you are Excellencies Director of the Bureau, Member of the Secretariat, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Colleagues. I'm honored to represent Romanian Government in this important forum and to make my address to such a distinguished audience. My name is Julian Popescu, and I'm Secretary of State of the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization of Romania. I'm proud to say that over the last 20 years Romania developed one of the best mobile and fixed data infrastructure. Romania IT and C sector has experienced continuous growing over the last decade with high performance in connectivity, cybersecurity, digital development, and with many companies specialized in software development. Therefore, the theme of the forum WTFE 21 is one of the greatest interests to us. Rising the issue of policies to mobilize new and emergency telecoms and ICTs for sustainable development. The last two years have been extremely relevant in this regard with the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping to the planet, highlighting the importance of digitalization and the need to global inclusion. And I think it had made us realize that without digitalization inclusion we cannot function in a modern world. The five draft opinions will form the basic of WTFE 21 discussions on the same topic that we consider very important. If not vital for the future of the digital field, developing and deploying emerging technology for sustainable development, affordable and secure connectivity, digital literacy skills, and use of ITC for future pandemic and epidemic response. The WTFE does give us a unique opportunity to came together to pass, reflect and to debate the emerging issues in telecom and ICT and their significance for us all. Most important, it allows us to look at how we can connect and unconnect, which is the heart of the ITU does. The timing of the year, the timing of these years, WTFE is particularly appropriate as we stand as a tipping point between a difficult situation which made us adapt and the things we need to do for the future. As the host country of PP22, we will strive to make the event a successful story. And as a representative of the Romanian government, I assure you that I will do my almost to encourage constructive discussions, teamwork, consent and a common approach. We are committed to making this conference a forum for collaboration on all the key issues that will shape the future architecture of ITU. Distinguished delegates, thank you for the approach to address such a special audience today. Thank you very much.