At here is the past of investigative reporting. Well, thank you. Things, despite the makeup of the panel, i think things are changing in the newsrooms, there are a lot of women, africanamericans, hispanics and asians all taking posts of responsibility in all these groups so while we have been behind and not as aggressive as we should have been and be more diverse in our organizations thats very much a top line question. In terms of the topics tackled its a fair point that the people who are in the decisionmaking positions are perhaps not in touch as they should be with some of these other questions, like inequality and race but i think that by and large the main organizations are at least making efforts to address that. Look, its an absolutely excellent point, diversity is important not just for the sake of diversity, because it does give other perspectives on whats the story, and you know, this doesnt speak directly to the issue of women or africanamericans or minorities, but how you
I see that we have left the most difficult for last. You might remember that there was quite a bit of optimism in this room last year when we all met because on the eve of the munich security conference, the u. S. And russia had reached a deal on the cessation of hostilities in syria. I remember that i was quite skeptical but a lot of people convinced me that that deal was going to work. Sadly, it didnt. In fact, the war escalated and we saw some of the most horrific episodes with the humanitarian catastrophe that unfolded in eastern aleppo. So what now . The Syrian Regime is in control of four of the major cities in syria. Does it still need a political solution. Can the military solution that we have seen lead to peace in syria. Our first speaker in the sess n session, i have described your job as one of the most impossible in the world and i still believe that. Please join me to give us an overview of where we are now. Thank you. Thank you very much for that. Also, thank you for set