 Dear friends of Tamasat University, thank you for watching this video message. I want to talk to you about Surin Pizzuwan. Dear friends, each one of us is who we are because of the experience we live through, because of the people we meet. I had the privilege to meet Dr Surin Pizzuwan, a person I very much respected and I very much liked to work together with. Dr Pizzuwan had a lot of empathy, had a lot of knowledge also, and a lot of intelligence, a lot of friendship to offer. Dr Surin Pizzuwan also never forgot to mention his roots, the roots that are in your region, the roots that are your university. We at International IDEA were honoured to have Dr Pizzuwan as a member of our Board of Advisors and later as a Chair of the Board from 2012 to 2017, a time in which Dr Pizzuwan greatly contributed to the institute's work by opening doors to ASEAN, advising us on Thailand and by representing IDEA at many global forums. Dr Surin Pizzuwan was a true champion of democracy. His lifelong commitment to the cause, his ability to unite and to help find common ground and his steadfast principled approach to support democracy, even at a time of polemics and political divide, make him one of the greatest leaders of our institute. Today we would like to commemorate Dr Pizzuwan. We would like to commemorate Dr Pizzuwan and his life achievement in the field of democracy by enabling others to follow in his inspiring path. And this is why International IDEA together with Tamasat University are proud to launch the Surin Pizzuwan Fellowship. I would like to thank the Tamasat University and the Department of Political Science for the wholehearted collaboration on this fellowship. This program will enable a student from an ASEAN country to spend a few months at the institute's headquarters in Stockholm and to contribute with their research and knowledge to our work of advancing sustainable democracy worldwide. Because in the world of today democracy can't be taken for granted, no matter where we are. We all have a responsibility to safeguard democracy. Democracy can also not be exported or imported, but needs to be homegrown, nurtured and protected. So I hope that you are ready to take this challenge and wish you all the best with your applications for the Surin Pizzuwan Fellowship in memory of a great man. And hopefully in the future many more of us will then merit to be called true Democrats as Dr Surin Pizzuwan was one. Thank you.