 His Excellency Yasya Akati, Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Chairman of the Board of the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority and GSR 2016 Chairman. Engineer Mustafa Abdullahi, Acting Executive President of the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Egypt. Your Excellency, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. It's really a great pleasure to be here with you this morning at this GSR 2016 opening. In this beautiful city of Shamashink, also a peaceful city, as Mr. Wahway just mentioned. I'm really pleased to see you all here. I know that when we announce that we will have this meeting in Shamashink, there are a lot of discussions and some concerns. But I think that in the end, you are all here from all the parts of the world to join this GSR 2016. It's a real proof that you support GSR and you support GSR to be heard this year in Shamashink. So we really value your presence here. Of course, I also like to take this opportunity to thank our host, the government of Egypt and the National Telecommunications Authority of Egypt, NTIA, for hosting this edition of GSR. Heard under the auspice of his Excellency, Abdullahi Fata, SEC, President of the Republic of Egypt. I found they have done one of the job to prepare this GSR 2016. It's a very high hospitality, very effective preparations. This morning I landed at 8 o'clock at Shamashink. I found this very nice box of chocolate with the promotion of GSR 2016. So I see the panels at the airport and everywhere we see warm messages to welcome us to Shamashink. So I like to take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks to our host. GSR has become the world's largest platform for the ICT regulatory community where every year, since year 2000, we have come together to discuss policy and regulatory challenges. Of course, also opportunities and best practices. As you know, there are many ways in which ICTs can make the world a better place. In today's world, creating the conditions for a data-driven economy to flourish is a must. So creating the regulatory environment right is absolutely vital. GSR 2016 is of particular importance as it is the first symposium since the United Nations General Assembly adopted sustainable development goals last year. Otherwise, we referred to the 2030 agenda for sustainable development. ICTs are the foundation upon which economic and social development can grow. ICTs have incredible potential to improve development outcomes in both the developing and developing countries. All three pillars of sustainable development, economic development, social inclusion, and environmental protection need ICT as a key catalyst. ICTs will be absolutely crucial for achieving the goals of the SDG. This GSR will allow regulators, policymakers, industrial leaders and other key ICT stakeholders to share their views, engage in interactive discussions and identify best practices moving ahead. Not only in the ICT telecommunications sector, but also in terms of whole ICT telecommunications into acts with other regulations. There is no doubt that GSR 2016 is the place where we can hold an inclusive dialogue developing innovative solutions and foster an enabling environment to help achieve the sustainable development goals. The successful global dialogue and digital finance inclusion here yesterday confirms today's need for collaboration across the sectors. I think that here we are not only talking about use ICT to offer financial operations, but also we'd like to take this opportunity to engage the financial sector to work with ICT for the next step of infrastructure development. I noted this development recently. For example, in Washington, D.C., 14th of April, State Department of the United States organized a high-level dialogue inviting Minister of Finance from Canada, Denmark, some other developed countries to join discussions with the Minister of Communications. And at that meeting we also had the governors of developing black banks from different regions. So this is very good. I just came from Kigali. I attended the World Economic Forum Africa in Kigali. And tomorrow at that World Economic Forum Africa, they will organize first time the panel between Minister of Finance and Minister of Communication. So I think that this is a new element of our engagement with the financial sector. And we need this kind of development. ITU is expanding its horizons to support the timely attainment of SDGs. And this is why the topic of subject of digital financial inclusion has been included in the agenda of this year's symposium. I would also like to congratulate the telecommunications development bureau under the leadership of the director of the bureau, Mr. Praki Masano. This event continues to grow in influence worldwide and has become the unmissable annual gathering of the global policy and regulatory community. Ladies and gentlemen, before I conclude, let me invite you to three important gatherings of ITU activities organized this year. The World Telecommunications Sanitation Assembly will meet in Yasmin Hamamet, Tunisia, from 25th October to 3rd of November to define the next period of study for ITU telecommunications standardization sector, ITUT. WTSA will be preceded by the Global Standards Symposium on 24th October 2016. I think they take good practice of GSR. And we have GSR always preceded by good dialogue between policy makers and industry. And they will organize these things this year again. They already did that in the past. And the second event is ITU Telecom World 2016, which will take place in Bangkok, Thailand from 14th to 17th November. Telecom World is one global platform to accelerate ICT innovations for social and economic development, where policy makers and regulators meet industry experts, investors, and SMEs, entrepreneurs and innovators. I was very pleased at this right place last year in March, where the Egyptian government invited World Economic Forum here. President Sisi came to announce a lot of initiatives. And included in his initiatives, he also paid high attention to support SMEs. So I would just like to share with you that at Telecom 2016 in Bangkok, we will focus on supporting ICT SMEs. So I would like to invite you to join us. The last but not least, the World Telecommunication ICT Indicator Symposium is a very famous initiative from ITUD. It will be held this year in Botswana from 21st to 23rd November. WTIS has evolved to become the main global forum for telecommunications and information society measurement. The event provides a unique platform for ICT data users and producers to meet and share knowledge and best practice, identify business opportunities and enhance cooperation. So ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to just conclude my remarks by wishing you a very successful meeting. And once more again, I would like to express my sincere appreciation for your presence here at this GSR 2016. And my sincere thanks to the host for your wonderful organization of this event. So I wish you a very successful event this week. Thank you very much.