Plis alaowem chair: fisrtly congratulatem yu mo office memba blong yu long sakseful elecsen blong 20th sesen blong ITU Plenipotentiary konference. Delegasen blong mi i kat ful konfidence long lidaship mo wishim yufala every sakses.
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2. letem i stat blong takem ITU long ontinious sapot blong hem blong divilopmen blong ICT/telekomunicasen sekta long Vanuatu.
3. Vanuatu hemi positively progresse ova long las 4 yia mo thereby i ko gud loogn way blong hem blong achievemen blong gol blong konect long agenda blong 2020. Hemi altaem kam fir conviksen blong yumi we ICT i kam wan machin we bai i provaedem kommen platform blong takem yumi everywan tugeta.
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4. Mobile broadband coverage hemi increase ova long 98% long total populasen blong Vanuatu: Vanuatu hemi experimentem sei mobael sabscripsen hemi gru long 24% since long quata blong 2016 wetem serves hemi affordable kam increasingly olsem reflected long 20% mak inkam we i increase we oli repoted long last quata blong 2017. Satelaet broadband netwok hemi geograpgycally voveramap 100% long evry aelan blong Vanuatu. Rol aot blong Fibre In Home( FIH) mo Fibre to Business (FTB) tugeta wetem lokol presence blong catching servers blong some long ol big CDNs long Vanuatu internet exchange poen i combined wetem leapfrog from 2G, 3G mo 4G hemi luk ol mein improvement blong internet spid long Vanuatu. Ol ajivmen ia bai oli no save deliverem with aot multi stake holda colaborasen wetem wan approach we i promote long Nasonal ICT polisy.
5. Ol ajivmen ia oli bikn kam wetem maja mo dificuty jalens we oli atributim i ko ol archipelagic nature blong kaontri wetem ol aelan we oli separate long wota. Gavman blong Vanuatu hemi acknowledgem ol jalens mo therefor oli takem ol strik mesure blong addresem olgeta tru long divilopmen blong innovative policies, for example sharing blong infrastructure ploicy we hemi karently divilop. Strategy polisy bai i enable collaborasen long ofis blong telekominikasen mo regulata long quality improvemen serves, user experience mo addresing eria olsem black spot areas
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6. Vanuatu hemi located long earthquake prom " ring blong faea" sit ia hemi senta blong strap blong saeklon blon Pacific mo ol save olsem wol most lon risk kaontry long nasional hazard. Vanuatu hemi acknowledgem assistance blong ITU long netwok we hemi karently being unda taking blong establishim wan klia mo operational Nasional Emergency telekomunicasen plan blong Vanuatu, yumi acknowledgem assistance mo sapot we ikam long anata regional patna olsem Asia Pacific Telecommunikasen (APT) we i wok closely wetem Vanuatu long solusen long innovasen long early warming system blong yumi long volkanos as long as post disasta recovery sapot solusen we oli save olsem movable deployable ICT Risource Unit ( MDRU).
7. Wetem sapot blong Australian Gavman tru lonn Dipatmen blong forein afea mo Trade (DFAT)'s cyber Afea Program emergency Response Tom ( CERT VU ). Rate long which Pacific hemi konect long fibre optic sabmarine kable we hemi amzing. Hoaeva, geopgraphicaly locaisen blong ol aelan, ol provincials senta mo komunity. Bai hemi always remain inherent jalens, long saame taem Gavman mo stakeholda we oli kommitim olgeta long kapacity building blong oli NI-Vanuatu. Vanuatu Gavman hemmi also konsiderem bak ap infrastructure gateway especialy sabmarine cable.
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8. Yumi luk se prores mo ajivmen Int ICT divilopmen, mo tu yumi save acknowledgem potential blong technology olsem artificial Intelligence, internet blong ol thing, smat cities, blok jen, mo 5G artificiol inteligence olsem potentiel long contribusen blong some specific serves secta olsem helt delivery olbaot blong medicol saplae blng remotem pat blong kaontri we hemi kam wan jalens . Potentiol blong black chain tecknology oli considerem sabject long appropriate ligislasen.
9. Long 2017, ITU i conductem long ICT Regulator tracker we i stap long Vanuatu grup 3." Long Regulata invironmen we hemi enable long inestmen innonvasen mo fokas, duals fokas long stimulating kompetisen long serves mon onten blong delivering mo protecsen blong consuma " Gavman blong Vanuatu i foreses long potentials blong digital society blong Vanuatu mo wok long stating long establishing long National Digital gavernance rod map wich bai hemi enable Vanuatu blong establishim wan klia mo strong policies we i includum lesgislative mo regulatory framewok blong bostem ICT long divimopmen blong Vanuatu.
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10. Ova -long -top serves oli beneficial long ol aelan nasen blong yumi, haoeva i kat some jalensing isu. Yumi bilif se tru long colaborativ engagmen blong yumi, yumi save faenem solusen we yumi everiwan i save beneficie long hem.
11. May bai mi conclude blong talem thankio long ol patna mo mi laek blong expresem dip appreciasen blong yumi i ko long ITU we i always stap forefront long assisting memba stei.
I ko to long generus hots blong yumi, yumi talem thankio long gavlan blong United Arab Emirate long wonderful hospitality long great city ia.
Mi talem thankio long honourable Chair