 Excellency, ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for getting here with us today to celebrate the World Food Day. Today we highlight the water central role in our lives, our energy, economies, ecosystems and human survival depend on it. Water, importantly, is also the foundation of our food production. That is why this year we stand behind the World Food Day motto, water is life, water is food. But this celebration comes against the backdrop of what has undoubtedly been one of the most hardest years the Sudanese people have ever experienced. The ongoing conflict has caused catastrophic damage to critical infrastructure and most importantly to innocent people's health, education, food security and nutrition. Many people have lost their lives and many people have lost their loved ones, their homes and their vital exercise to food and water. This has taken a great toll and today I thank and recognize the many brave people who have endured this conflict as well as those who have supported others during this time. Over the course of these 106 months, AFL and its partners have been and will continue to be on the front lines. Our staff has been working day and night to ensure the delivery of urgently needed assistance to millions of people across the country, especially to the people living in the area that have been most impacted. Ladies and gentlemen, as farmers, governments, human inheritance, private sector, civil society and individuals, in the face of this conflict and growing humanitarian needs, we need to work together to address people's actual lack of access to food and water. We need water to nourish the crops and nourish people. We need water to increase hygiene and sanitation and to rebel the growing stress of diseases outbreak and we need water to keep ourselves healthy. With the double stress of the conflict and climate shocks, it is our duty to ensure we use water wisely, distribute it equally and preserve the aquatic food systems. When we do this, we ensure no one is left behind and it is only together that we take sufficient water action to preserve the future of food, people and the planet. Together we can create a lasting and sustainable change. Thank you.