 It's a pleasure and an honor to participate in this very important platform as we work to reduce hunger and undernourishment globally, but particularly in the Caribbean region in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and in the entire Latin America and the Caribbean region. I have worked on this program for the last 12 years and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. We were the first English-speaking country in the Caribbean to establish a parliamentary front. At that moment, we had both the government and the opposition coming together through a motion in parliament and agreeing that we are going to work together to reduce hunger and undernourishment. This definitely is a best practice and I encourage all countries to follow in this pathway. As CELAC member states, we're going to work to ensure that we have food and nutrition security. We're going to meet very soon on June 27th in Guyana where we're going to finalize several critical technical issues for the Food and Nutrition Security Plan for CELAC. All stakeholders within Latin America and the Caribbean are asking you to come on board. Food must always be available, affordable and accessible. That is the heart of food security and food sovereignty. Let us do more together and let us work to reduce hunger and undernourishment in our region. We can do it. Let us continue.