 I've just imagined, one day, suddenly, your family, your friend, your beloved parcels may disappear without leaving any trace. Then the relatives go to the next police station and ask, the son hasn't come home, do you know where he is? And at that point when the police and the prison guards tell you, no we don't look, we looked but we couldn't find, it can happen that your child is not coming back home because he is abducted by some militia, by some gangs, by some government official because he is politically involved or because he was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. So people do disappear. They might be killed, they might be tortured but you do not know, it is terrifying. They try to accompany the states to help them ensure that their law and their practice respect the convention but also allow victims to evaluate their rights. The impact of the committee is very important because it makes new contributions to the protection mechanisms and that is perhaps the most remarkable because the urgent actions are introduced, that is to say from an Argentinian lawyer Rodolfo Matarolo is the International Air Force. In permanent coordination with the members of the committee, we receive and process urgent action requests, individual communications and we support the organization and the development of the sessions. For all the procedures contained in the convention, we collect the necessary information and prepare decision and recommendation projects that are presented to the committee for its discussion and its adoption. Throughout the year, almost on a daily basis, the committee receives requests from family members of disappeared persons asking for help in searching for and locating their loved ones. This work is done through the urgent actions and individual complaints procedure. Thanks to this, 90 persons have been located so far. The committee brings responses and restores the dignity of victims around the world. Today, we face a problem. When I talk to you, too many countries have not yet ratified the international convention for the protection of all people against forced disappearances. However, it is essential that the convention can be applied everywhere. The universal application of the convention is indeed necessary to protect the rights of all and all against forced disappearances and so that the committee can support the states so that they take measures in this sense. Why has the convention been ratified by so few countries? First, the convention is still a very young human rights instrument. This is the last human rights mechanism that came into force and states need time to analyze the convention and decide whether to not ratify it or not. Then, states in which forced disappearances is not considered as part of the national history or is no longer a public issue, may consider that the forced disappearances is not a problem for them. Then, the countries where forced disappearances occur may fear that the committee will criticize them. But if we keep this logic, nothing will progress. It's very important that states in which forced disappearances occur take action and understand that the committee is here to help them. Then, states in which forced disappearances is not considered as a problem may understand and have to understand that the convention is a very rich instrument in terms of prevention of forced disappearances but also to enable them to count with the cooperation of other states. In case, for example, one of the nationals would be disappeared in another country. I think of it victim who I have met, heard or read in the course of my work. The daily fight against forced disappearances is essential. During the 10 years of existence of the committee, the participation of the civil society has been key to its work, both in the identification of problems at the national level with respect to forced disappearances as well as in the work of the implementation of the recommendations issued by the committee. It is also important to highlight the important role that the civil society plays in promoting the ratification of the convention as well as in ensuring that the states assume their responsibilities with respect to the convention so that the victims can obtain justice. It is high time to ratify the international convention to fight enforced disappearances because with the ratification, we will protect all new citizens when they are abroad, not to become victim and also to get the help from the UN to search for them. No state, be it in the north, south, east or west, is immune from the risk and corrosive effects of enforced disappearances. Universalizing this convention must be a pressing priority for all. Today, I call upon all victims and organizations that accompany them, but also all the citizens of the world to incite their government to ratify and respect the convention to fight against forced disappearances and suppress them in the future. Thank you for considering and please do act.