My fellow colleagues, I call the eighth meeting of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development to order.
Pursuant to the order of reference of October 22, the committee will resume the study of vulnerabilities created and exacerbated by COVID-19 in crisis- and conflict-affected areas.
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I want to welcome our first panel of witnesses.
We're joined by Gillian Triggs, assistant high commissioner for protection at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; and Peggy Hicks, director of thematic engagement, special procedures and right to development division at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Ms. Triggs, I will ask you to open today's discussion with five minutes of prepared remarks.
Please go ahead. The floor is yours.