there's no one better than nina easton to conduct the panel and i know she's back from what looked like a phenomenal trip in africa. so excited to hear about that and a lot more. so thank you for being here. i'm happy to turn it back to kathleen hicks. [ applause ] >> thank you, kristin. thank to you citi for continuing support. i have the unenviable task of introducing these seven women and i say that because it's not without its challenges in enunciation. so i hope you will forgive me. i think i have this right. if i mess it up, please believe i tried. if you can just indicate who i'm saying as i walk down the line. on stage, we have her excellency the ambassador of kosovo. her excellently the ambassador of libya. we have thelma phillip brown, ambassador of st. kitts and nevis. her excellency the ambassador of rwanda. her excellency ambassador of sweden. her excellently dr. arak aana, d her excellent ambassador of finland. the ambassador of the african union. our moderator is nina easton, also the chair of fortune's most powerful women international summit and the co-chair of the fort

our moderator is nina easton. nina is also the chair of fortunes most powerful women international summit and the cochair of the global forum. thank you all again for joining us and over to you, nina. >> thank you. and let's -- around of applause for all of these been -- these women, first of all. it's truly an awesome and i tim dating experience to be around all these amazing women. we're first going to go down and talk to each of them a little bit about themselves and their countries and then we'll talk about some overarching geopolitical themes. but i really want to include you. so once we do two rounds, we are going to dak questions from the audience. go ahead and have them ready. there's cards. we will pick them up and we will read off the questions to our participants. so thank you. i'm first going to turn to my left, from sweden ambassador ole loss of d karin olofsdotter, and they have an foreign policy. >> we have a foreign government that has a feministic policy. >> you say feministic. >> that's maybe lan

there's no one better than nina easton to conduct the panel. i know she's back from what was -- looked like a phenomenal trip in africa. excited to hear about that and a lot more. thank you for being here. i'm happy to turn it back to kathleen hicks. >> thank you for the support. i have the unenviable task of introducing these seven women. i say that it's not without its challenges. i hope you will forgive me. i think i have this right. if i mess it up, please believe that i tried. if you can just indicate who i'm saying as i walk down the line. on stage here we have her excellency flora, waka, her excellency thelma brown, we have her excellency matild, her excellency karen, dr. arakana -- a little off that -- and her excellency cristy and arakana and nina. thank you all again for joining us. over to you, nina. >> thank you. a round of applause for all of these women. it's truly an awesome and intimidating experience to be around all these amazing women. we're first going to go down and talk to each of them a little bit about themselves and the