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[inaudible] next we are going to have a number of important discussions. We particularly appreciate the work being done on peace building and countering violent extremism. And just nominated if you want f1 in building peace where we want to celebrate in their local context and also as a reminder there are people watching online on youtube and twitter. Please join the conversation with politics fragility. Any of our approaches to addressing fragility in gold locally Led Solutions and i can think of no better panel to help us better understand what that looks like than the one we have here. Really happy to introduce raj who will moderate the discussion and will introduce the panelist for us. Hes the president and editor in chief of the leading media platform for Global Development community. Community. Would you please join me in welcoming the panelists and [applause] good morning. I have to agree this is a Remarkable Group of being in the News Business i can say that its rare and in fac