 Your Excellencies, Mr. Chairman, Honorable Ministers, Excellencies, Heads of Delegations, Ladies and Gentlemen, Talofa Lava from our beautiful Samoa, and I bring you warm greetings from the government and people of Samoa. Samoa, for the information of some, is situated in the Pacific Ocean, not in the Middle East, as you thought. It is indeed an honor for me to attend my first ITU WTD conference, since becoming Minster in March 2016, in this lovely city of Buenos Aires. I therefore wish to acknowledge, through sincere gratitude, the kind hospitality accorded to us by the government officials and the people of Argentina. Most just, gracias. Time is our limitation, so let me emphasize the points of working in collaboration and standing together in unity as small island developing states, LDCs and LLCs, ensuring resources, financially, even in areas of policies and regulations, etc. That, I believe, is our only way we can keep up with this fast, changing world of information technology. Currently in Samoa, our international needs are served through a private submarine cable via Hawaii and American Samoa. But with limited capacity, satellite capacity is also our other option, both of which are very expensive for us. In 2015, we formed a public-private partnership of three telecom operators and three public institutions. And the company is now called Samoa Submarine Cable Company, SSCC. SSCC, together with two other small island nations, with help from the Government of Australia, the World Bank and ADP, equals our new submarine cable, Tuis Amor, connecting via Fiji, landing and to be commissioned in December 2017. Costs is expected to be reduced dramatically by more than 50%, with unlimited capacity for the next 25 years. In 2016, SSCC, together with four other small island nations, with assistance from the Government of New Zealand and Asian Development Bank, equals our other new submarine cable, Manatua, coming via Tahiti, French Polynesia, arriving and to be commissioned in December 2018, providing redundancy and restoration for us, and the first cable connectivity for the other three small island nations. Cost is expected to be reduced further with much more capacity than we require for the next 25 years. Fortunately, in the beginning of 2017, two Trans-Pacific Cable Giants, hearing about our plans, now also wants to join and land their cables in Samoa. All of a sudden, we are now expecting to have four submarine cables by 2022. All of which wouldn't have happened if we were to do it alone, but it's now possible when we work together in harmony with other small islands, developing states and our partners. Our island will be a submarine cable hub 2022. The world is now looking in. ICT companies are now inquiring about setting up in Samoa. Our people will have easy access to information and ICT services in education, health, agriculture and other areas of development. Our lives and our everyday living will never be the same again, but for prosperity. My point, ladies and gentlemen, together we are better. Finally, I thank the Secretary General for facilitating this WTDC, where we can share our experiences and successes, as well as challenges on our areas that need to be addressed with appropriate actions to be taken. I thank ITUD for the continuing technical assistance given to SITs, our disease and LRCs, especially in building capacity and knowledge of our telecom and ICT staff to facilitate our digital transformation. Thank you very much.