Thank you for your poignant presentation and your courage. On behalf of the committee, we would like to congratulate you again.
Now we will go to our third honoree today.
We have with us Teresita Quintos Deles, who is an advocate for women's empowerment and peace-building in the Philippines.
She is currently Chairperson of the International Center for Innovation, Transformation and Excellence in Governance, INCITEGov, a policy research and advocacy centre in the Philippines that provides support to democratic movements and spearheads democratic reform coalitions and initiatives.
Ms. Quintos Deles also serves as the permanent representative of the Philippines to the Advisory Board of the ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation.
She previously acted as presidential adviser on the peace process. She began this work in 2003 and helped to achieve the 2014 Comprehensive Agreement on Bangsamoro with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending a civil war that had affected the province of Mindanao for decades.
She has been praised for empowering grassroots communities and women's groups in particular to become part of the peace process. She was also involved in having the Philippines become the first country in the Asia-Pacific to start to enforce a national action plan on women, peace and security.
Welcome to the committee, Ms. Quintos Deles. We look forward to your intervention.