7 My deep felt gratitude to those of you in Geneva who also had not always understood challenges during these pandemic times. The pandemic has been particularly difficult for interpreters, with some of them facing health problems because of the effects in using some of the online platforms. Their expert minds and voices under difficult conditions are however absolutely indispensable to make the forum as accessible for as many of you as possible. Merci à vous. Thank you, chokran, Spasiba Bolshoi, Xie xie, Muchas gracias. Finally, thanks to all of you who as participants and delegations who are at the centre of the Forum, and with whom I hope we can work together to make and a better world but also a better forum – and a better world. We live in challenging times, and I would even add very difficult times for many minorities around the world. In many places there’s a great deal of hostility, and for many they face repression, violence, reprisals and sometimes worse right now. These are horrors and despair in some cases facing millions. And yet, we cannot give up, because to simply shrug shoulders means nothing will change. Even in the darkest hours there can be glimmers of light, people willing to help, individuals and governments and other organisations and networks that can push back against intolerance and ignorance and even hostility to try to make a better world. Je vous cède la parole, madame la présidente.