Last but not least, we have Teresita Quintos Deles, as chairperson of the International Center on Innovation, Transformation and Excellence in Governance. Your organization has supported policy research and advocacy in the Philippines in support of democratic reform initiatives. Your ardent support of peace helped facilitate the 2014 peace agreement to the decades-long conflict in Mindanao province, Philippines.
Thank you, Ms. Quintos Deles. Congratulations.
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Thank you very much to all of you for appearing before the subcommittee on its inaugural recognition of international human rights champions.
On behalf of the committee, this is the first time we are able to honour these champions of international human rights, the human rights defenders.