 35 years ago on this date, the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant shocked the world today. Three and a half decades later, things are very different. And all those benefiting from the peaceful uses of nuclear energy do so as part of a tightly interlocked network of safety norms, practice and institutions with the IAEA at its center. Today, we are working with the Ukraine and with international partners, starting with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on very important achievements like the new safe attainment or the inter-inspend fuel storage facility. Among many other important indispensable decommissioning activities that are being carried out with the support of the IAEA. So today, 35 years after the tragic accident, we look at the past with respect and circumspection. But we also look at the future with hope and determination so that nuclear energy is part of the global efforts against global warming and climate change.