 Executive Director, Mr. Naboro Nakatani, Your Excellency, Mr. Sieng Lapras, friends at Interpol, distinguished guests, and distinguished participants. Thank you very much for the opportunity to say a few words to all of you this morning. I think I have to thank His Excellency right off the bat. I don't think I could have made a better plug for Canada than he just did in terms of our strong commitment to ASEAN and this region and its security. So thank you very much for that. It's very much appreciated. As mentioned by Executive Director, Mr. Nakatani, this workshop is part of a three-year joint initiative funded by Interpol and Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development. Now in its second year, this project has seen more than 100 law enforcement officers in the region participate in activities designed to help countries identify and address terrorist threats. Clearly, this particular workshop will significantly add to that number. I would like to offer a special thanks at this time to Interpol for organizing and delivering this workshop and all of the others. We very much value our partnership with you and are pleased that you are delivering several significant law enforcement capacity building projects in Southeast Asia and the Pacific on our joint behalf, including this one. Countering terrorist threats is increasingly difficult, especially when criminals have increasingly more sophisticated methods and tools at their disposal. Now, more than ever, it requires creative approaches and collaborations by all of us. The new investigative skills and specialized forensic tools that you will learn during this training are extremely important, but another advantage of bringing all of you together is the ability for you to network and share information. By working together and advancing national, regional and international cooperation, you will make more of a difference in addressing security in your countries, Southeast Asia and Pacific region and the broader international community. In closing, I would like to thank Singapore for their support of Interpol with a recent inauguration of the Global Complex for Innovation. Interpol is well placed to facilitate training in the region with workshops such as these. Let me end by simply wishing all of you the very best for what will undoubtedly be a very stimulating and informative workshop. I look forward to seeing how this promising initiative unfolds. Thank you very much. Merci