Let me thank the Secretary General Steve Howard for inviting me and for his kind introduction. Governor Visco addressed the Rome Roundtable last November and illustrated the prospects for the Italian Presidency of the Group of Twenty (G20). I will update you on recent developments.
I would like to start off by saying a few words about the context in which Italy began its Presidency. 2. We all know that the current global crisis is one of unprecedented magnitude. Since the inception of the pandemic, more than 100 million individuals have been diagnosed with COVID-19 worldwide; almost 30 million cases have been recorded in Europe.