 I now give the floor to the Observer of International Institutes for Democracy and Electro-Assistance. Thank you, Mr. President. Excellencies, building trust is no easy task. Achieving trust requires multi-stakeholder efforts, the inclusion of our voices and the representation of our groups, along with solving the deep-rooted issues from systemic inequality to corruption that have fueled mistrust in the first place. There is no better tool to achieve this than democracy. International ideas' definition of democracy is compatible with the spirit of commitments number four and number six on strengthening the rule of law and building trust by listening to and consulting with people. Our definition of democracy is simple yet profound, popular control over decision-making and decision-makers and equality in the exercise of that control. Democracy is now reduced to regular free and fair elections. It is spread along several key aspects of governance. These include fundamental rights, the control to which authorities are subject to, and the right to meaningful and equal political participation of all groups and members of society. This enables people to lead the lives they value, to be actively engaged in civic spaces, to shape key decisions about their societies, and as a consequence to trust government and its institutions. International IDEA is the only intergovernmental organization with a sole mandate to promote democracy. Through our pragmatic programmatic areas of supporting elections and constitution building, International IDEA strengthens political representation, public accountability, and constitutional values which provide the foundations for the social contract. In line with this, International IDEA's Global State of Democracy report of 2021 advances a three-point agenda based on delivery, rebuilding, and prevention. Deliver calls government institutions in close consultation with civil society to re-craft social contracts. These contracts should be the results of inclusive society deliberation. Rebuild proposes the reform of democratic institutions, processes, relationships, and behaviors to better cope with the challenges of the 21st century, and emphasizes the rebuilding of mutual trust between citizens and their representatives. Prevent calls for investing in democracy education by butt-trusting democracy's pillars that ensure accountability, including broad participation and access to information. Our common agenda indicates that at these inflection points in history, humanity faces the stark and urgent choice of breakdown or breakthrough. There is no better way to achieve breakthrough than by listening to the people and rebuilding the social contract. The most effective, inclusive, and sustainable means to do this is through democratic institutions, processes, and values. I thank you. I thank the Observer of International Institutes for Democracy and Electro-Assistance.