 Ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues, welcome to the first-ever Global Nuclear Smuggling Conference. As Secretary-General, it gives me great pleasure to see Interpol host such highly specialized field experts from across the globe here in Lyon. In May 2011, Interpol established its CBRNE program. The creation of this program results from the tireless, collective effort and vision among some of you here today. What the CBRNE program represents for Interpol is a testament of what international police cooperation should be – information sharing, investigative support and capacity building of the international police community. Our CBRNE sub-directorate is now part and parcel of Interpol's global strategy to counter and prevent terrorism. It is through these fundamental actions common to international law enforcement that we are able to deliver our mission of connecting police for a safer world. This event is of particular importance as it takes place in the lead up to the final Nuclear Security Summit to be held in Washington, D.C. in March 2016, which will gather 52 world leaders, director and secretaries-general of four international organizations around a common goal – securing our communities from the global threat that is nuclear smuggling. The achievement of this goal is only possible through the dialogue that experts like you are about to have through international platforms such as Interpol, effective enablers of international cooperation and specialized law enforcement fields. The timing could not be more appropriate. I am confident that the work prepared for the next three days will be pivotal and instrumental in shaping the action plan Interpol will take to the Nuclear Security Summit in March. I would like to also share with you the conviction that through this action plan Interpol will play its supporting role to its fullest extent in assisting member countries to build a safer world. Throughout the course of the conference I invite you to keep an open mind with regard to how nuclear smuggling interacts with the globalization of security threats. Countering nuclear smuggling is a matter of international public safety that calls for an equally comprehensive, coordinated response from all key actors. Nations and their governments and those out in the field with extensive knowledge to effectively carry out the action plan. Through its network of 190 national central bureaus, Interpol has a secure and tailored infrastructure ready to be deployed throughout the world. As will be discussed further by our colleagues, pursuing a network of networks is key to continued interoperability between our systems and is the key to an efficient coordinated response. As the largest police organization in the world, Interpol offers all its member countries with an effective platform to address global security issues. What I wish you to take from this conference is the importance of building on that network. Crime does not operate within a vacuum, just as it does not operate exclusively within borders. On behalf of the organization I would like to thank you for your presence at this conference and above all for your dedication towards the fight against global nuclear smuggling. Thank you and have a great conference.