 Mr. Chair, Excellencies, Delegates Firstly, Senkets and Nivis wish to express strong commendation to the ITU for an exceptionally well-organized penny-potentiary, and for all the work the Union does to connect the world. Congratulations to Doreen, Bogdan Martin, and Thomas Lamanoskas on their election to Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General positions. We wish them every success. We also wish to express profound gratitude to the government and people of Romania who have been amazing hosts. Senkets and Nivis in the beautiful Caribbean archipelago is the smallest sovereign nation in the Western Hemisphere, with a population of just about 50,000. However, despite our size, and in fact because of our size, and with a renewed vigor, we aim to become a model of digital transformation. The Government of Senkets and Nivis started its e-government journey in 2006 with the National Information and Communications Technology Strategic Plan, which in part led to the establishment of the National ICT Centre. The resulting technology department facilitated the deployment of technology solutions across various ministries, departments, and agencies. Although there was a slowdown in our transformation trust in the years just prior to COVID-19 pandemic, like other countries, the pandemic has highlighted a need to urgently improve and expand our ICT infrastructure and its accessibility to enable and foster universal, affordable, secure, efficient, and high-speed internet access and ICT services. Our digital transformation journey, as we start implementation of our whole of government strategy, has resulted so far in the following. About 85 percent mobile and internet penetration in Senkets and Nivis, digital application for financial assistance during the pandemic, online vehicle registration and licensing, creating an immunization database, online immigration customs portal, eliminating the need for paper, and improving entry processing speeds, pledged to our local internet service providers to engage in partner to connect initiatives to improve connectivity around the island, and high-speed internet provided for free to our local community centres around the island to enable the unconnected citizens the opportunity to connect. The government has also embarked on laying the groundwork and physical equipment and infrastructure to create G1, which is the government-wide area network to facilitate seamless communication across the whole of government. While we have achieved individual milestones to achieve full digital transformation, it is now necessary to fully embrace the whole of government strategy. However, due to our limits associated with being a small island developing state such as ours, the whole of government strategy requires us to collaborate with the best ICT industry practitioners to aid in capacity building of our local technical talent and access to affordable and concessionary capital investment. In closing, Senkets and Nivis gives the commitment to leave no one unconnected and achieve universal affordable broadband connection to 100% of our residents and citizens before 2030. We will continue our collaboration with the ITU and other city member states so that we can provide a real dream of a digital economy and a full e-government service to all the people in the Federation of Senkets and Nivis. Thank you.