Colleagues, welcome back. We're now ready to proceed to our briefing on the current situation in Myanmar.
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I'd now like to welcome our second panel.
We have with us Paul Thoppil, assistant deputy minister responsible for Asia-Pacific; Peter Lundy, director general responsible for Southeast Asia; Cory Anderson, director of the Sanctions Policy and Operations Co-ordination Division; Mark Gawn, director of Myanmar and Philippines Development; and James Christoff, executive director responsible for Southeast Asia.
Mr. Thoppil, I will invite you to deliver opening remarks, for five minutes, please. The floor is yours, sir.