Lapse. On behalf of the Commission Id like to extend thanks to Sf Tv for their assistance during the meeting. If you wish to public Comment Dial 151956755. To raise your hand to speak Press Star three. You must limit your comments to the Agenda Item being discussed unless under general comment. The chair can interrupt and ask you to limit your comment to the item. We ask they Yo Refrain from the use of profanity. Please address your remarks to the commission as a whole. We ask that the commission mute their mics if they havent done so. The first item is item three from the april 27, 2021 regular meeting. On the minutes of April 27th regular meeting the list of those who attended close session was omitted thank you, commissioner, is there any corrections on the April 16th special meeting or april 27, special meeting . Seeing none. Madam secretary, Public Comment. If you wish to make two minutes of Public Comment on item three on the meetings of April 16th and April 27th please dial in.
Who was a good friend of myself. What is a pleasure to welcome you back. Shery thank you very much for that introduction. Im very excited to be here again, and we do have instore and amazing, important conversation on the regional recovery. We know how hardly latin america and the caribbean have been hit. I have family still there, my parents are in bolivia, my brother is in brazil, and we know how inoculations have been much slower. We want to have a discussion, wide ranging discussion, on where we are at right now, the lessons we have learned, the economic recovery, but also perhaps some of the social impacts that this pandemic has had on the region and perhaps opportunities for reset as well. I want to welcome my panelists and we have a great group that can give you really a comprehensive discussion on where we are at with the executive Vice President of the interamerican development, and we also have executive Vice President and chief patient officer and with us also roberto alvare
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