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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Thankyou Richard.<br>
      <br>
      Indeed, this statement was issued following meetings of the Five
      Eyes agencies here in Australia, which meeting occurred only a few
      weeks after the Australian Government released new draft laws
      aimed at gaining access to encrypted messages and encrypted
      communications - not by weakening encryption technologies as had
      been feared, but by requiring device manufacturers to modify
      devices and systems to give the law agencies access to the sent
      and received messages stored on the devices after transmission,
      consistent with your reference [2] and paragraph 18 of the
      statement.  <br>
      <br>
      They seem to fully recognise they can't and shouldn't seek to
      weaken encryption. Instead, they want to target and potentially
      weaken the security of handsets, cellphones, modems, IOT devices,
      computers etc, as well as over-the-top messaging systems, and
      websites, to access their internal storage.<br>
      <br>
      The Australian chapter and ISOC HQ held a public session in
      Australian Parliament House the week the draft legislation was
      released, with speakers from ISOC, MIT, and local Australian
      experts, which was recorded on the ISOC livestream platform at
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://livestream.com/accounts/686369/aussiesencrypt">https://livestream.com/accounts/686369/aussiesencrypt</a><br>
      <br>
      We appear to be the next in line after the UK 'Snoopers Charter',
      with this statement calling for other countries to follow.<br>
      <br>
      See also ISOC and Internet Australia's comments on the Australian
      situation.<br>
      <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/news/statements/2018/coalition-calls-on-australias-government-to-reject-plans-to-undermine-encryption/">https://www.internetsociety.org/news/statements/2018/coalition-calls-on-australias-government-to-reject-plans-to-undermine-encryption/</a><br>
      <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.internet.org.au/news/207-media-release-serious-concerns-about-bill-seeking-unprecedented-expansion-of-powers-to-access-citizen-s-devices">https://www.internet.org.au/news/207-media-release-serious-concerns-about-bill-seeking-unprecedented-expansion-of-powers-to-access-citizen-s-devices</a><br>
      <br>
      <br>
      On 4/09/2018 5:31 PM, Richard Hill wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Please
            look at the statement below from the Five Eyes.  It
            references two declarations. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The
            first one, Statement on Countering the Illicit Use of Online
            Spaces [1], says: “We call upon industry to meet public
            expectations regarding online safety by: Developing and
            implementing capabilities to prevent illegal and illicit
            content from ever being uploaded, and to execute urgent and
            immediate takedown where there is a failure to prevent
            upload”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Sounds
            OK, until you realize that “illicit” goes well beyond
            “illegal”, and that some of the countries in question appear
            to take a very broad view of what should be considered
            illicit. So this sound to me like at attempt to incite
            industry to impose restrictions on freedom of speech that
            could not be imposed by the governments themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The
            second one [2], Statement of Principles on Access to
            Evidence and Encryption says: “The Governments of the Five
            Eyes encourage information and communications technology
            service providers to voluntarily establish lawful access
            solutions to their products and services that they create or
            operate in our countries.” This sound to me like a call for
            industry to weaken encryption, e.g. by providing back
            doors.  Most people who know about encryption consider this
            to be a non-starter, see for example:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a
              href="https://www.securetheinternet.org/"
              moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.securetheinternet.org/</a>
          </span><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> 
            <a
              href="https://www.internetsociety.org/policybriefs/encryption/"
              moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.internetsociety.org/policybriefs/encryption/</a>
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> 
            <a
href="https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2018/internet-society-chatham-house-roundtable-on-encryption-and-lawful-access/"
              moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2018/internet-society-chatham-house-roundtable-on-encryption-and-lawful-access/</a>
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Richard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">[1]
            <a
href="https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/national-security/five-country-ministerial-2018/countering-illicit-use-online-spaces"
              moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/national-security/five-country-ministerial-2018/countering-illicit-use-online-spaces</a>
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">[2]
            <a
href="https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/national-security/five-country-ministerial-2018/access-evidence-encryption"
              moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/national-security/five-country-ministerial-2018/access-evidence-encryption</a>
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">=====================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><a
href="https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/national-security/five-country-ministerial-2018"
            moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/national-security/five-country-ministerial-2018</a><o:p></o:p></p>
        <h1>Five Country Ministerial 2018<o:p></o:p></h1>
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          <h2>Official Communiqué<o:p></o:p></h2>
          <ol start="1" type="1">
            <li class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
              level1 lfo1">We, the Homeland Security, Public Safety, and
              Immigration Ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand,
              the United Kingdom, and the United States met on the Gold
              Coast, Australia, on August 28-29 2018, to discuss how we
              can better collaborate to meet our common security
              challenges. We reaffirmed that the close and enduring five
              country partnership, developed following the Second World
              War, remains fundamental to the security and prosperity of
              our nations.<o:p></o:p></li>
            <li class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
              level1 lfo1">The 2018 Five Country Ministerial (FCM),
              which in previous years has achieved advancements in
              information and intelligence sharing on border protection
              and counter-terrorism, has matured to become the
              pre-eminent forum for collaboration among the five
              countries on domestic security issues. This year's FCM
              meeting recalibrated the forum to focus on tangible
              deliverables and practical collaboration on
              counter-terrorism, countering violent extremism, cyber
              security, countering foreign interference, protecting
              critical infrastructure, border management and law
              enforcement. <o:p></o:p></li>
          </ol>
          <h3>A free, open, safe and secure internet <o:p></o:p></h3>
          <ol start="3" type="1">
            <li class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l10
              level1 lfo2">The internet and digital technologies are
              increasingly central to contemporary life and to the
              social and economic development of our societies. Global
              connectivity enables faster communication, better access
              to services, and new ways to conduct business and share
              news and information. We affirmed our vision for a free,
              open, safe, and secure internet, which is fundamental to
              our economic growth and prosperity. <o:p></o:p></li>
            <li class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l10
              level1 lfo2">Just as the internet provides many benefits,
              it also provides opportunities for people to carry out
              crimes and spread illicit content.  Terrorism, child
              sexual abuse and exploitation, violent extremism, and
              coercive acts of interference and disinformation are
              enduring concerns of government. The anonymous,
              instantaneous, and networked nature of the online
              environment has magnified these threats and opened up new
              vectors for harm. Governments have a responsibility to
              protect those within our borders against both physical and
              digital threats, and to ensure that the rule of law
              prevails online, as it does offline. We have a
              responsibility to tackle these challenges in a coordinated
              and effective way.<o:p></o:p></li>
            <li class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l10
              level1 lfo2">While senior digital industry representatives
              did not accept our invitation to participate in
              discussions on pressing issues regarding the illicit use
              of online spaces, we reiterated the need for digital
              industry to take more responsibility for content
              promulgated and communicated through their platforms and
              applications. We agreed to a <a
href="https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/national-security/five-country-ministerial-2018/countering-illicit-use-online-spaces"
                moz-do-not-send="true">Joint Statement on Countering the
                Illicit Use of Online Spaces</a>, outlining our
              communities' high expectations of digital industry
              companies, with a focus on countering online child sexual
              abuse and exploitation, and violent extremist and
              terrorist material. We called for the further development
              and expansion of capabilities to prevent upload of illicit
              content, and to execute urgent and immediate takedowns. We
              reiterated the importance of industry investment in human
              and automated detection capabilities, underscoring the
              need for major companies to set industry standards and to
              help smaller companies deploy these capabilities to their
              platforms, including through the Global Internet Forum to
              Counter Terrorism (GIFCT). And we called for increased
              efforts to counter foreign interference and disinformation
              conducted via online platforms. <o:p></o:p></li>
            <li class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l10
              level1 lfo2">We also undertook to enhance feedback loops
              between government and industry on intelligence and
              information, including trends and sources of illicit
              content, with the aim of more comprehensively responding
              to malicious actors online, to facilitate faster
              identification and removal of illicit content, and
              increase public awareness of the sources of disinformation
              and other forms of malicious foreign interference. <o:p></o:p></li>
          </ol>
          <h3>Countering the threat of terrorism<o:p></o:p></h3>
          <ol start="7" type="1">
            <li class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l8
              level1 lfo3">Globalised terrorist networks and violent
              extremists pose a real and unabating threat to our
              communities. Ongoing efforts to bring about the decline
              and depletion of terrorist networks operating in the
              Middle East have created new risks as many foreign
              terrorist fighters return to their countries of origin or
              move to other regions, disseminating their capabilities.
              We committed to the expanded sharing of information about
              known or suspected terrorists between our national
              security and border protection agencies, reiterating that
              the detection of international movements of terrorists and
              their associates relies on the rapid sharing of
              information between partners. We re-affirmed that alerts
              and intelligence relating to the movement of known and
              suspected terrorists will be shared between all five
              partners quickly and effectively. And we committed to
              continue our cooperation to support effective whole of
              government efforts to identify and—where domestic laws
              allow—prosecute returning foreign terrorist fighters, and
              share best practices for rehabilitating and reintegrating
              their family members.<o:p></o:p></li>
            <li class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l8
              level1 lfo3">Building on the framework for cooperation in
              United Nations Security Council Resolution 2396, we
              committed to work together to build the capability of
              other States in border security and measures to monitor,
              screen, track, and share information on returning foreign
              terrorist fighters and local terrorist networks. The
              aviation environment continues to be seen as a high-value
              target by terrorist and criminal networks. We committed to
              establish a new group, the 'Aviation Security 5', to
              better share information about emerging threats in the
              aviation sector and support existing fora to raise global
              standards for aviation security. <o:p></o:p></li>
          </ol>
          <h3>Cyber security and resilience of critical infrastructure<o:p></o:p></h3>
          <ol start="9" type="1">
            <li class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
              level1 lfo4">The increasingly digitised and networked
              nature of all aspects of our economies and societies means
              that cyber security and resilience is of the highest
              priority. The cyber domain is a vector for threats posed
              by hostile state actors, criminals, terrorist networks and
              hacktivists. A cyber attack <em>is</em> an attack on our
              communities and our sovereignty. We affirmed our
              collective resolve to deter malicious cyber activity,
              including improving domestic resilience, and coordinating
              technical attribution and operational response policies to
              mitigate significant cyber incidents. We agreed to further
              strengthen connectivity between our cyber watch offices to
              enhance shared 24/7 monitoring of hostile cyber activity.
              <o:p></o:p></li>
            <li class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
              level1 lfo4">We committed to work together to protect
              critical infrastructure and support the development of
              secure critical infrastructure supply chains that are
              advanced, affordable, reliable and trusted. We undertook
              to share risk assessments and certification practices on
              supply chains to underpin the continued resilience of our
              respective cyber networks and prepare for new and emerging
              technologies.<o:p></o:p></li>
          </ol>
          <h3>Migration and border management<o:p></o:p></h3>
          <ol start="11" type="1">
            <li class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l9
              level1 lfo5">The interconnection and interdependence of
              our economies and communities manifests in increasing
              volumes of people and goods moving across borders.
              Facilitating the legitimate movement of people and goods
              is essential to our economic prosperity. The five
              countries are at the forefront of emerging border
              technologies, with a history of driving new technologies
              to simultaneously enhance border security and achieve
              faster movement of lawful travellers and goods. We
              committed to work together with industry to build the
              'touchless' border at ports of entry for legitimate
              travellers and trade. We agreed to a strategy to leverage
              our investments in emerging technologies, including
              digitalisation and artificial intelligence, to improve
              facilitation and mitigate risks through real-time
              intelligence and information sharing, while protecting
              privacy. <o:p></o:p></li>
            <li class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l9
              level1 lfo5">Collectively, we are among the most generous
              countries on earth in terms of humanitarian aid and
              refugee resettlement. Given the increasing volume of
              irregular movements, resettlement alone will not solve the
              problem. We must work with government partners,
              international organisations, non-government organisations
              and the private sector to build capacity in countries of
              origin and their regions. We acknowledged the importance
              of safe and legal migration and asylum pathways, and
              migrants' awareness of these pathways, and reaffirmed the
              positive benefits that managed migration, settlement, and
              integration bring to our societies. We also reaffirmed our
              commitment to coordinated, global action to respond to
              large and irregular movements. We reiterated the sovereign
              right and responsibility of states to strong border
              management, consistent with international <em>non‑refoulement</em>
              obligations, to deter and detect those who seek to evade
              border controls. And we reaffirmed the responsibility of
              all states to accept the return<strong> </strong>of their
              nationals, agreeing to increase cooperation to support
              timely and effective removals of non-citizens who have no
              right to remain in our countries, including consideration
              of joint consequences. <o:p></o:p></li>
            <li class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l9
              level1 lfo5">We committed to strengthen efforts to combat
              the scourge of modern slavery, forced labour, and human
              trafficking, which devastate the lives of the most
              vulnerable across the globe. We undertook to establish a
              senior officials' taskforce to develop concrete measures
              to tackle these problems, including promoting transparency
              in global supply chains, and developing common approaches
              to engage industry on trafficking facilitated through the
              internet and other digital technologies. The taskforce
              will report back to Ministers in the first quarter of
              2019. We further agreed to consolidate and strengthen
              intelligence sharing, investigative, and enforcement
              efforts, including deploying sophisticated national
              capabilities to local law enforcement.<o:p></o:p></li>
            <li class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l9
              level1 lfo5">We re-affirmed the need to effectively manage
              migration flows through the utilisation of enhanced
              screening techniques, sharing intelligence and more
              effectively reaching into new sources of data, consistent
              with civil liberty protections, including social media, to
              ensure foreign nationals who would do us harm cannot cross
              our borders. We agreed to enhance collaboration on
              targeting, analysis, and disruption operations to counter
              organised threats to our border and national security. <o:p></o:p></li>
          </ol>
          <h3>Joint meeting of FCM and Quintet of Attorneys-General<o:p></o:p></h3>
          <ol start="15" type="1">
            <li class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5
              level1 lfo6">On 29 August, we were joined by our
              ministerial colleagues who met as the Quintet of
              Attorneys-General. Together we discussed emerging issues
              and collaboration in countering foreign interference, the
              challenges posed by ubiquitous encryption, criminal
              information sharing and addressing the financing of
              transnational crime and terrorism. <o:p></o:p></li>
          </ol>
          <h3>Countering Foreign Interference<o:p></o:p></h3>
          <ol start="16" type="1">
            <li class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l6
              level1 lfo7">We condemned foreign interference, being the
              coercive, deceptive and clandestine activities of foreign
              governments, actors, and their proxies, to sow discord,
              manipulate public discourse, bias the development of
              policy, or disrupt markets for the purpose of undermining
              our nations and our allies. Foreign interference threatens
              a nation's sovereignty, values and national interests — it
              can limit or shape the polity's ability to make
              independent judgements, erode public confidence in our
              political and government institutions, and interfere with
              private-sector decision making. We agreed the five
              countries would work collectively to counter foreign
              interference, protect our individual sovereignty, and
              ensure our values and interests are upheld.<strong> </strong><o:p></o:p></li>
            <li class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l6
              level1 lfo7">We agreed to draw upon the strengths of our
              cohesive societies, our public and private institutions,
              and our global partnerships to reduce the risk that
              foreign interference poses to domestic and global
              prosperity and stability. We committed to establish a
              mechanism for the five countries to share developments in
              our respective approaches to confronting the foreign
              interference challenge. We undertook to share information
              on foreign interference activities with a view to
              advancing our collective knowledge of how to counter such
              threats. In the event of a severe foreign interference
              incident within our sovereign nations, we agreed the five
              countries would coordinate on appropriate responses and
              attribution.  <o:p></o:p></li>
          </ol>
          <h3>Encryption<o:p></o:p></h3>
          <ol start="18" type="1">
            <li class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
              level1 lfo8">Encryption is vital to the digital economy, a
              secure cyberspace and the protection of personal,
              commercial and government information. The five countries
              have no interest or intention to weaken encryption
              mechanisms. We recognise, however, that encryption,
              including end-to-end encryption, is also used in the
              conduct of terrorist and criminal activities. The
              inability of intelligence and law enforcement agencies to
              lawfully access encrypted data and communications poses
              challenges to law enforcement agencies' efforts to protect
              our communities. Therefore, we agreed to the urgent need
              for law enforcement to gain targeted access to data,
              subject to strict safeguards, legal limitations, and
              respective domestic consultations. We have agreed to a <a
href="https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/national-security/five-country-ministerial-2018/access-evidence-encryption"
                moz-do-not-send="true">Statement of Principles on Access
                to Evidence and Encryption</a> that sets out a framework
              for discussion with industry on resolving the challenges
              to lawful access posed by encryption, while respecting
              human rights and fundamental freedoms.<o:p></o:p></li>
          </ol>
          <h3>Criminal information sharing<o:p></o:p></h3>
          <ol start="19" type="1">
            <li class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
              level1 lfo9">Increasing interconnection between serious
              and organised crime networks have globalised threats such
              as drugs, cybercrime, child exploitation, and financial
              crimes. Reaffirming our commitment to sharing criminal and
              law enforcement information, we tasked our
              senior officials to convene an extraordinary meeting of
              operational and policy agencies with responsibility for
              law enforcement, border protection, and criminal justice.
              Drawing on the work of the Five Eyes Law Enforcement
              Group, the Border Five, and the Migration Five, the
              meeting will advise Ministers on the necessary
              enhancements to information sharing and collaboration to
              support more effective responses to serious criminal
              threats. <o:p></o:p></li>
          </ol>
          <h3>Beneficial ownership and illicit finance<o:p></o:p></h3>
          <ol start="20" type="1">
            <li class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
              level1 lfo10">We agreed to support G20 and Financial
              Action Task Force (FATF) efforts to combat illicit finance
              by increasing the transparency of legal persons and
              arrangements, and enabling timely access to beneficial
              ownership information by law enforcement agencies. We also
              agreed to encourage collaboration between 'five eyes'
              financial intelligence units to enhance the sharing of
              intelligence and experience. And we agreed to work closely
              with the private sector to promote the adequate and
              accurate collection of beneficial ownership information. <o:p></o:p></li>
          </ol>
          <h3>Conclusion<o:p></o:p></h3>
          <ol start="21" type="1">
            <li class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l7
              level1 lfo11">We affirmed today the importance of the five
              country partnership in addressing complex homeland and
              national security challenges. Our history of cooperation,
              our shared values, and our enduring friendship provide
              solid foundations to face the challenges and opportunities
              of the 21<sup>st</sup> century together. We are committed
              to building on this past cooperation and together pledge
              the commitments made today. <o:p></o:p></li>
          </ol>
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