 Welcome to AFL headquarters. This is indeed a historical occasion which I hope will be the start of a long transition in the years to come. Several words that could describe the work of an AFL representative. First is probably energy. You have to invest a lot of energy in this work. Second is passion. You have to love this work. It's very exciting because working in the field really gives you a very very good sense of what you're doing is useful. It's a commitment. Commitment to the country, to the people we serve. It's better delivered. Front line and better delivered. Very rewarding because being AFL representative you feel empowered to make an impact. I think AFL is being an effective social virus of transformation of our food system. There's really only one word that describes our colleagues that are serving as FAORs and working in the field and that's indispensable. On this working conference it's a very great idea putting together the country office with the decentralized office. We've asked you people all together to discuss for better FAOR. It's a very great idea. It's an amazing opportunity and the Director General had really a very forward-looking initiative. My expectation is really to be able to voice our needs and our views as FAOR representatives and to eventually come up to a set of solutions to achieve even more efficiently and more effectively what we do. Right now in this very moment in time the world is expecting FAO to deliver in ways that it really has never been called to deliver and to have all of us together to talk about that, to reflect on how we change our old ways of working. We explore new and creative and innovative ways of working is what's going to ensure that FAO is relevant in serving and contributing to all of these real challenges. This is really exciting. I mean it's an opportunity for all of us to get together and to shake the truth, to get ourselves heard to understand where there are commonalities and the challenges that we're facing and to move forward and innovation within our different offices so that we can be more impactful and quicker. This very meeting is bringing a lot of shiny people. I see colleagues of FAOR representative shining, shining because of this opportunity and possibility to see others, to talk to others, to learn from others, to share and even show off if necessary the successes they achieve in the countries. This is a big opportunity that the FAORs are here in FAO. They can connect with us in headquarters and have this sense of one FAO, one family being together working for the same purpose. For me who have been away from headquarters for 16 years being back here with all my colleagues is something which I would have never thought would have happened so it's a real historical event. This is an incredible experience to share ideas, project, action to achieving the goal of one FAO.