Strategic and international studies. Welcome as well to our viewers online. Kertser. Jacob its a project that we seek to leverage the expertise of our scholar and programs to shine a light in the humanitarian issues and offer policy solutions. Boyfriend we begin id like to direct everyone to our emergency exits and encourage you to turn your phones to mute. I want to acknowledge before we begin the partnership that our program has with the u. S. Agency for International Development of fornl Disaster Assistance whose support alouis to put events such as todays discussion. We have a short time today. All of us have aware of the immense suffering taking place right now. Familiar apply and individuals have been forced in multiple displacements. Targeted attacks on innocent civilians and on hospital and clinics all of which challenges are notions of shared humanity. The violence this past weekend only increase the urgency of finding solution first the humanitarian challenges faced by civili