 Dear guests, the colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this commemoration of the World Fisheries Day that FL is jointly organizing with the Holy See. World Fisheries Day was established by Fisher-Farke Associations to celebrate a profession that supports the livelihood of 10% of the world's population. While providing safe and nutritious food for billions for consumers, the sector also suffers from virus problems ranging from overfishing, illegal, unreported, unregulated fishing, human rights violations within the sector, unsafe working conditions. FL and the Holy Seas have a long-standing relationship in addressing these problems. 20 has seen an additional threat to the sector, the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has had a devastating impact on many parts of the sector. Fisheries could not go to sea because of travel restrictions. Landing could not be sold because of transport and the market collusions. Physical distance made working on board vessels sometimes impossible. And the monitoring programs suffered. In response, FL has launched the Holy See Comprehensive FL COVID-19 Response and Recovery Program. The program aims to mitigate immediately the impact while strengthening the long-term resilience of agri-food systems and livelihoods in line with the UN approach built to transform and ensure the sustainable development goals. Together with the World Bank, we assess the impact of the pandemic on sector in several countries and identify adequate mitigation measures. These studies have resulted in funding proposal for dedicated interventions which are being finalized. This includes providing credit for fishers, enhance their marketing opportunities, supporting online sales of their products and building capacity along the value chain for improved process drawing, packaging and waste management. We are inspired by West Wars of Encouragement. Pope Francis shared with C. Farias amid the trials caused by the COVID-19 in his video message of 17 June. And we're standing in solidarity with all those working at sea. We pay tribute to them as they continue to make many sacrifices about having better. Long periods by the broad ships without being able to disembark, separated from families, friends, far from the home countries and faring infections. Today, we will hear directly from the fishers on the actual impact the pandemic has had on their livelihoods and their working conditions. I'm certain that we can all learn a lot from them. And we are honored that also this year the message of Holly C. on the occasion of World Fishers Day will be read out during this event. There is a Chinese proverb which says that giving a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teaching them to fish, we feed them for a lifeline time. As a knowledge organization, they will continue working hard for those engaged in the fishers and aquaculture sector. Through the policy consultation, information dissemination, technical assistance, and capacity building with determination, hope, and gratitude. I thank you.