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- New Joint Declaration agreed by UK Government and elected leaders of British Overseas Territories (OTs).
- Declaration commits to a new, more collaborative and ‘modern partnership’ between the UK and the OTs.
- Includes plan to deepen bilateral partnerships, enhance transparency and support the OTs to take on more responsibilities should they wish to do so.
The UK Government and elected leaders of the British Overseas Territories have agreed a new Joint Declaration. The Declaration defines a new, more collaborative and ‘modern partnership’ between the UK and the OTs – one that’s based around our shared democratic values and respect for human rights.
As part of the declaration, the UK and OTs committed to; improve transparency and deepen bilateral partnerships; consult OTs on UK primary legislation that impacts them; and support OTs to take on more responsibilities where they wish to do so.
UK Minister for the Overseas Territories, David Rutley, said:
“The Overseas Territories are an important part of the British Family, and our shared values such as support for democracy and the rule of law underpin this close relationship.
“Our new Joint Declaration sets out more clearly than ever how the UK and Overseas Territories will work closer together on the opportunities and challenges of the modern world.”
The Joint Declaration was agreed during the UK and British Overseas Territories annual Joint Ministerial Council meeting in London on 14 – 15 November and has now been formally approved within the OTs.
Other commitments in the agreement include investigating improvements to how the UK provides financial support to OTs and agreeing to speak with one voice on the international stage, such as at the United Nations. It also creates more opportunities for the OTs to take on responsibilities where they want to, such as around transparency measures, and through the development of ‘Compacts.’
These ‘Compacts’ will set out roles and responsibilities on specific issues bespoke to each community. The UK will seek to agree these detailed bilateral agreements with each of the OTs.
Chief Minister of St Helena, Julie Thomas, said:
“St Helena welcomes this declaration, one which all of Legislative Council, both ministers and elected members, fed into. It was great to sit around the table, alongside UK and OT representatives, to set out and agree how we all want to work together in the future. I am pleased that the declaration reaffirms the need to continue to prioritise financial support for economic development to OTs such as ours. I look forward to working closely with UK colleagues to develop our bilateral Compact, which will define the way forward for St Helena.”
Notes to Editors
- View the Joint Declaration here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-overseas-territories-joint-declaration-a-modern-partnership-for-a-stronger-british-family
- Read the Written Ministerial Statement here https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-12-14/hcws125
- The Joint Declaration includes a number of key commitments by the UK, which will be a key part of the new UK Overseas Territories strategy announced by the previous Foreign Secretary earlier this year. The strategy will pave the way for the UK and British Overseas Territories to work more closely on shared opportunities and challenges.
In July 2023, Legislative Council approved the St Helena Government (SHG) budget for 2023-4. To provide a better understanding of how that money is spent, every two weeks we are focusing on a different Portfolio and their plans for the year. Two weeks ago we looked at the allocation for the Safety, Security and Home Affairs (SSHA) Portfolio and this week we’ll be covering Central Support Service (CSS).
For the whole of SHG, £47,072,000 was allocated for recurrent and capital expenditure. Of this figure, CSS was allocated £10,025,000. This means that of the six Portfolios included in the 2023/24 Budget Book, CSS receives 21.3% of the SHG recurrent budget.
Central Support Service
The CSS Portfolio provides a range of support services to all portfolios. This ranges from managing information and data, to IT, transport and communications. Providing these services in a cross-governmental fashion means that resources can be better targeted and services delivered in the most efficient way possible.
What are CSS’s Strategic Aims?
As a cross-governmental support service, its policy priorities indirectly support all the National Goals, namely, ‘Altogether Safer’, ‘Altogether Healthier’, ‘Altogether better for Children and Young People’, ‘Altogether Greener’ and ‘Altogether Wealthier’.
It also indirectly supports all strategic objectives, and directly support seven of the 33 strategic objectives in the SHG Vision and Strategy Plan 2022-2025.
To support these national goals and strategic objectives, the CSS Portfolio will pursue six key policy priority areas within the SHG Vision and Strategy Plan 2022-2025, which are informing and directing its work programmes. These are:
- Driving St Helena Government’s Digital Transformation Agenda
- Ensuring effective corporate governance arrangements are in place to achieve St Helena’s overarching goals and objectives
- Encouraging and facilitating openness and transparency across the Public Service and Government
- Enabling and supporting policy makers, portfolios and the public to make better decisions
- Supporting the development of the Public Service through the delivery of an effective People Strategy
- Ensuring the provision of an effective and efficient vehicle hire service
Where will CSS’s allocation be spent?
Expenditure for 2023-24 totals £10,025,000. This is an increase from the budget for 2022-23 due to various reasons. Since last year the Programme Management Office budget has been included in CSS and several distinct projects will take place this year. This includes building additional toilet facilities at the Castle building (including a toilet for wheelchair users), redeveloping the SHG website, undertaking the 2023 Household Expenditure Survey, and funding the cost for two Ministers to attend the annual Joint Ministerial Council meeting in London, amongst others.
The bulk of the CSS expenditure though will be used to deliver key support services across SHG.
These services include administration support, operation of the SHG Archives, support to the Museum of St Helena, management of the ‘Report, It Sort It’ Service, management of the Code of Practice for Public Access to SHG Information and the contact point for complaints about SHG services. The cost of operating the Executive Council and SHG UK Representative’s Office in the UK is also within the CSS budget, as is funding for the day to day operations of Plantation House and secretarial support to the Governor.
The majority of CSS’s budget is spent on Technical Cooperation (TC) posts. These posts are crucial to the effective delivery of public services, and represent over 75% of the total budget allocation. Whilst the funding is within the CSS budget, these posts are represented across the entirety of SHG and its various portfolios.
The Central IT and Transport Division services are part of the Central Support Service functions. However, these service areas operate Trading Accounts and so the costs of their operations are separate from the core Central Support Service budget. The budgets for these services areas for the current financial year are:
IT Trading Account £1,099,000
Transport Trading Account £1,381,000
If you would like more information about any areas of CSS’s work, please get in touch with Crystal Maggott, Portfolio Assistant, by email through crystal.maggot@sainthelena.gov.sh.
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A public consultation on a draft Waste Management Policy for St Helena has begun. The public consultation will close at 16:00 on Friday 5 January 2024.
St Helena Government (SHG) acknowledged the need for a Waste Management Policy and Implementation Plan in 2020, primarily to plan for environmental changes that are likely to impact the quality of Island life if left unmanaged. The policy was developed and implemented at that time, with a three year review period set for 2023. The new draft Waste Management Policy 2023 is a result of that review.
The draft Waste Management Policy 2023 aims to develop medium to long term goals to deal with the Island’s waste, and in a manner that is efficient and sustainable. This will ensure a good quality of life for residents and visitors both now and in the future, and bring benefit to the environment of St Helena.
Measures that have already been taken to mitigate the historical problems of poor waste management include (but are not limited to):
- Reusing items such as plastic bags, clothes and furniture that might otherwise be thrown away
- Recycling items like glass, cans, plastics and cardboard so they can be made into new products
- Treating organic waste such as fish waste, green waste and piggery effluent to convert it into compost to enhance local soil conditions
- Controlled landfilling of remaining waste after reusing, recycling and treating as much as possible
Waste recycling and treatment has also offered opportunities for the establishment of commercially viable private sector businesses on the Island such as Roddy Yon’s aluminium can recycling company, Yon’s Ally.
To achieve the aims and objectives of the draft Waste Management Policy 2023, several strategic actions will be delivered through an updated 2023 to 2030 implementation plan. These include:
- Implement a recyclable waste collection service from homes and businesses, focusing on high value and / or high volume dry wastes, such as aluminium drinks cans, plastics, cardboard and glass.
- Further develop and increase organic waste recycling into compost, maximising reuse of food, green and animal wastes.
- Design and implement environmentally sustainable waste management projects that support existing recycling activities and encourage new initiatives that improve and enhance the natural environment.
- Ensure that unavoidable landfilling is managed in a manner which does not significantly impact on public health or the environment.
- Develop and implement waste management regulations and codes of practice in line with the Environmental Protection Ordinance and Criminal Justice (Fixed Penalties) Ordinance.
Environmental Risk Manager, Mike Durnford, explains:
“If not properly managed, waste is a problem. It takes up valuable and limited landfill space, can cause pollution and other negative social impacts, uses up natural resources that could be used again, creates reputational impacts for our Island, and contributes towards climate change and a lasting problem for future generations.”
“Reusing and recycling more waste will help to reduce reliance on landfill and maximise the remaining useful life of Horse Point Landfill Site. This will increase St Helena’s reputation as the sustainable Island we aim to be, and contribute towards climate change mitigation.”
A copy of the draft Waste Management Policy 2023 (Three Year Review) is available under the Public Consultations section of the Publications page on the SHG website www.sainthelena.gov.sh/publications.
Comments should be sent to Environmental Officer Risk Management, Terri Clingham, via email through terri.clingham@sainthelena.gov.sh or by telephone on 24724.
The public are also invited to an open meeting to discuss the draft Waste Management Policy. This will be held in the Waste Management Services Office in the Post Office Yard, Jamestown from 13:00 to 15:00 on Tuesday 19 December 2023.
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A period of public consultation on a draft Climate Change Policy has begun. Views and input is requested between now and 16:00 on Friday 5 January 2024.
St Helena Government (SHG) acknowledged the need for a Climate Change Policy and Action Plan in 2019. This provided a plan for short, medium and long term environmental changes that are likely to impact on the quality of Island life if left unmanaged. This policy is now subject to its first three year review.
The draft Climate Change Policy 2023 aims to reduce the quantity of greenhouse gas emissions created on the Island. This will primarily be achieved by making better use of natural resources, reducing the risks from weather-related hazards, and ensuring that the protection and enhancement of the Island’s natural and cultural heritage is at the heart of economic development. This will in turn contribute to a good quality of life for residents now and in the future.
To achieve the aims and objectives of the draft Climate Change Policy 2023, Strategic Climate Change Action Plans will be developed by all portfolios for their respective areas of responsibility. This will be in liaison with territorial and international stakeholders as appropriate.
These Strategic Climate Change Action Plans will seek to accelerate Island-wide programmes and educational campaigns to deliver climate change mitigation and adaptation for key sectors of island life. This will include, but not be limited to:
- Sustainable buildings, homes and lifestyles
- Sustainable energy generation
- Sustainable planning and land use
- Sustainable agriculture
- Sustainable transport system
- Sustainable waste management
Environmental Risk Manager, Mike Durnford, explains:
“Whilst St Helena’s contribution to the emissions that cause climate change is insignificant from a global perspective, there are still opportunities to achieve emission reductions that will have local environmental, health or economic benefits. The small and isolated nature of the Island also means that it may be possible to achieve significant change in a short period of time.”
“The climate change challenge is complex and to achieve the objectives on adaptation and mitigation requires a coordinated, robust national policy that supports economic development. We need to adjust our approach to energy production, emissions management and our economy to meet this challenge. It is about long-term sustainability of our environment and way of life.”
A copy of the draft Climate Change Policy 2023 is available under the Public Consultations section of the Publications page on the SHG website www.sainthelena.gov.sh/publications.
Comments should be sent to Environmental Officer Risk Management, Terri Clingham, via email through terri.clingham@sainthelena.gov.sh or by telephone on 24724.
The public are also invited to an open surgery to discuss the draft Climate Change Policy which will be held upstairs in the Tourist Office, Jamestown from 09:00 to 12:00 on Tuesday 19 December 2023.
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On Wednesday 13 December 2023, Ethel Yon OBE was appointed as Sheriff of St Helena by Governor Nigel Phillips CBE with effect from 01 January 2024.
Mrs Yon took the prescribed Oaths before the HE Governor in the Governor’s Office at the Castle on Wednesday 13 December. Mrs Yon was previously appointed Sheriff, and her current appointment is effective until 31 December 2024.
The Sheriff of St Helena is nominally responsible for enforcing Court Orders, with this usually carried out by the Police Service on the Sheriff’s behalf. The Sheriff is also responsible for summoning jurors when a jury is required, either in the Supreme Court or for a Coroner’s Inquest. Their most conspicuous public role, however, is the swearing in of Governors and Acting Governors.
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All SHG Portfolios and services will close on 25 and 26 December 2023 and on 1 January 2024. The following table provides details of opening hours between the 22 and 29 December 2023. Normal business will resume on 2 January 2024.
Unless otherwise stated, the following Services will close at 4pm on 22 December 2023
| SHG Portfolio | Service | Details |
| Central Support Service | The Archives | |
| Judicial Services | ||
| Treasury | Income Tax Office | |
| Social Security Office | ||
| Economic Development | Civil Aviation | On-call for emergencies only. Please call: 51461 or 51936 |
| Housing Section | On-call services will be provided for emergency repairs only | |
| Land Registry Office | ||
| Education, Skills & Employment | St Helena Research Institute | |
| Careers Access | ||
| Administration | Enquiries can be made to Angela Benjamin on 24544 or 62331 | |
| Public Library | Closed from 1pm on 23 December 2023 until 2 January 2024 | |
| All Schools | Closed from 18 December 2023 until 15 January 2024 | |
| Environment, Natural Resources & Planning | Planning Office | |
| Scotland Office | ||
| Veterinary Service | On-call for emergencies. Please call: 62039 or 26162 | |
| Forestry Service | On-call for emergencies. Please call: 65394 or 24202 | |
| Waste Management | Enquiries can be made to the Waste Management Services Supervisor on mobile: 66380 (AM only) | |
| Marine Centre | Closed from 4pm on 19 December 2023 to 2January 2024 | |
| Marine Enforcement | Closed from 1pm on 23 December 2023. Please call: 64642 for enquiries outside of opening normal opening hours | |
| Health & Social Care | Environmental Health Service | Staff on-call can be contacted via the Hospital Switchboard on tel: 22500 |
| Administration | Staff on-call can be contacted via the Hospital Switchboard on tel: 22500 | |
| Safety Security and Home Affairs | Port Control | The Harbour Master can be contacted in an emergency on VHF channel 14/16 or mobile numbers: 67383 or 61827 or tel: 24817 or via the Police Control Room on tel: 22626 |
| Immigration Office | Any queries can be directed to Coleman’s House on tel: 22626 | |
| HM Customs | Closed from 4pm on 23 December. An Officer will be on-call during this time. | |
| Prison Services | HM Prison remains operational over the festive period, however there will be no social visits on 25 and 26 December 2023 and 1 January 2024 | |
| Royal St Helena Police and Fire Service | Services will operate as normal. For any emergencies call telephone number 999, for non-emergencies call 22626 |
The following Services will operate the 27, 28 and 29 December 2023
| SHG Portfolio | Service | Details |
| Central Support Service | The Castle Reception | 8.30am–12noon |
| Economic Development | Tourist Office | 8.30am–12noon |
| Health &Social Care | Mental Health Services | 8.30am–4pm |
| Dental Department | 8.30am–10am (Emergencies Only) | |
| Community Nursing | 27, 28 and 29 December – Jamestown Outpatient Clinic -8.30am–12noon | |
| 27 December – Longwood Clinic – 9am–12noon | ||
| 28 December – Levelwood Clinic – 9am–12noon | ||
| 29December – Half Tree Hollow Clinic – 9am–12noon | ||
| Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy | 8.30am–4pm | |
| Pharmacy Services | 27, 28 and 29 December – Jamestown – 8.30am–12noon | |
| 27 December – Longwood Clinic – 10am–12noon | ||
| 28December – Levelwood Clinic – 10am–12noon | ||
| 29December – Half Tree Hollow Clinic – 10am–12noon | ||
| Laboratory | 8.30am–12noon | |
| Doctors Clinics | 27, 28 and 29 December – Jamestown Outpatient Clinic – 9am–12noon | |
| 27 December – Longwood Clinic | ||
| 28 December – Levelwood Clinic | ||
| 29 December – Half Tree Hollow Clinic | ||
| Note: The Medical Records Office/Appointments will be open from 8.30am to 12noon on each of these days | ||
| Children’s Social Care, Adult’s Social Care and Probation Services | 8.30am–4pm | |
| Safety Security and Home Affairs | Emergency Planning and Sea Rescue Service | 8am–12noon |
| Treasury | Post & Customer Service Centre | The Post & Customer Service Centre will open from 8.45am–12noon on 23, 27, 28 and 30 December |
The annual Financial Aid Mission (FAM) to St Helena took place last week from Monday 4 December to Friday 8 December 2023.
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) FAM delegation were expected to arrive on Saturday 2 December. However following delays due to poor weather conditions, they arrived on-Island on Tuesday 5 December. Due to their delayed arrival, some of these discussions took place virtually.
During the week the delegation undertook extensive discussions with ministers, elected members, government officials and representatives of the private sector. Discussions focused on recurrent funding for the financial year 2024/5, identifying particular areas of budget pressure, such as increasing demands on the health service and the reducing tax receipts as a result of a declining working age population. These discussions also covered the budget prioritisation process and the partnership between FCDO and SHG.
SHG held a press conference last Friday with the FAM Delegation and local media. The event took place in the Governor’s Office with His Excellency Governor Nigel Phillips, Chief Minister Julie Thomas and Deputy Director of FCDO’s Overseas Territories and Polar Directorate Adam Pile, sitting on the panel. The press conference can be viewed online via www.youtube.com/@sthelenagovernment1638.
Reflecting on the visit, Chief Minister Julie Thomas commented:
“As in previous years, the discussions that took place last week are crucial to St Helena and will help us to determine where the monies available can be best focused to deliver this Government’s key strategic objectives. Our ambition remains to create a sustainable operating environment that creates opportunity and inspires social and economic progress, ensuring a better quality of life for all. We recognise the financial pressures the UK Government faces, many of which we face ourselves. We will continue to work closely with colleagues in FCDO to finalise a financial aid settlement that ensures we can continue to deliver the public services on which people rely, whilst also seeking to grow our economy to improve the prospects for all.”
Deputy Director of FCDO’s Overseas Territories and Polar Directorate Adam Pile, said:
“It has been a good week on St Helena meeting with Ministers, Elected Members, the public service, the CPA, businesses and arms-length bodies. We have a strong working relationship with the Chief Minister and her team – we are committed to making the new Ministerial system a success to enable local decision making and local accountability. The UK Government provides around 65% of the annual recurrent budget which rose to £33.06 million last year, almost double what it was in 2014. We’ve seen great progress made by SHG over the last year on the health system, telecoms, and much more. Aside from the work on budgetary support, it’s fantastic to see progress made with the £30 million capital investment programme notably nearing the completion of Rupert’s port, the pending arrival of a new CT scanner, alongside the pipeline of other projects. Thanks for the warm welcome. “
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In November 2022, SHG announced that St Helena would receive funding from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s bespoke 2022/2023: Improving Essential Equipment in Overseas Territories’ Programme.
St Helena was allocated up to £1,800,000 for the purchase of equipment of critical importance to the Island, in areas including healthcare, emergency services, port operations, road maintenance and the airport.
Focus on the former Treasury, Infrastructure & Sustainable Development Portfolio
£267,687.70 was allocated to what was then the Treasury, Infrastructure & Sustainable Development Portfolio. This was used to purchase a Minimac Slurry Paver from VSS Macropaver for the Roads Section.
This was as a result of successful bitumen slurry trials over the past five years, where bitumen slurry was found to be a suitable surface dressing for the Island’s roads. The Minimac is a self-propelled, hand built specialist machine, specifically designed and built to mix different types of slurry. The machine mixes the ingredients of the slurry automatically and delivers consistent mixes every time. The mixed slurry is discharged inside a special slurry box and spread through the box with a set of augers. The mix in the box is dragged behind the machine as it moves forward and places the slurry evenly over the width of the box.
The Minimac arrived on-Island on Voyage 5 of the Maria Da Paz and was commissioned by a service technician from the supplier during the week of 11 to 18 November 2023. During the week of commissioning, training was also given to the operators and maintenance staff of the road section and vehicle fleet section.
A slurry mix contains crusher dust, bitumen, water and a small percentage of cement. The procurement of this machine will assist the roads team to effectively maintain roads on St Helena. Not only will this improve the quality of the roads around the Island, but it will also reduce future maintenance requirements, meaning that SHG is able to operate more effectively in terms of how it deploys its resources.
Director of the Safety, Security & Home Affairs Portfolio, Alex Mitham, commented:
“While the slurry paver was procured before the Roads Section moved over to Safety, Security & Home Affairs, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Deon and his team for the months of research to identify the right equipment for St Helena.
“The Minimac is not going to suddenly address all the issues with the roads – but it should be the first step in helping address the maintenance concerns and quality of the road surfaces. As ever though, I would like to thank the FCDO for funding the equipment. We may not be following the yellow brick road, but at the very least it should be an improved road.”
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11 December 2023
In November 2022, SHG announced that St Helena would receive funding from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s bespoke 2022/2023: Improving Essential Equipment in Overseas Territories’ Programme.
St Helena was allocated up to £1,800,000 for the purchase of equipment of critical importance to the Island, in areas including healthcare, emergency services, port operations, road maintenance and the airport.
Focus on the Safety, Security & Home Affairs Portfolio
£649,171.73 was allocated to the Safety, Security & Home Affairs Portfolio. This was used to purchase six marine outboard engines (plus accessories and training) for the Sea Rescue Service, and a Reach Stacker for Port Control.
Reach Stacker
£557,205.43 was allocated to Port Control to purchase a KALMAR ECO Reach Stacker. This reach stacker has been commissioned and will be used to improve and future proof cargo operations at Rupert’s new Cargo Facility once operational. The new reach stacker will operate alongside of the existing stacker between the port and container storage area, enabling containers to be stacked five high if needed.
Marine Outboard Engines
£91,966.30 was allocated to the Sea Rescue Service to purchase three 150hp 4 stroke standard rotation engines, and three 150hp 4 stroke counter rotation engines, along with tools and accessories. These engines are more fuel efficient (around 65%) providing long term savings for the government.
Two of these engines have been fitted on the Sea Rescue vessel Ocean Rider. Ocean Rider is one of the 8.5 metre Gemini fast response vessels. These are a critical element of the Sea Rescue Service, which is essential for response to maritime incidents around the Island as well as for St Helena Airport to continue to operate under its license terms. Two of the remaining engines will be installed on the other 8.5 meter Gemini fast response vessel, Sea Lion, in the coming weeks. The final two will be used as the redundancy system for the four that will be online.
In addition to the purchase of the equipment, staff also received training in South Africa for their installation and maintenance.
Director of the Safety, Security & Home Affairs Portfolio, Alex Mitham, commented:
“We would like to extend our gratitude to Richard James International Ltd for all their invaluable support in ensuring the equipment was purchased and arrived safely to St Helena. Our special thanks as well to Kalmar Global for securing the stacker and providing expert technical assistance in rebuilding the machine when it arrived in St Helena. We believe this to now be the remotest Kalmar stacker in the world!”
“Our appreciation goes out to Gemini as well for the vital Sea Rescue engines which will future proof the Sea Rescue Service and its ability to respond to maritime incidents for another 10 years. And last but certainly not least, thanks go to the FCDO for actually providing the funding in the first place. None of this would have been able to happen without the kind generosity of the UK Government.”
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SHG
11 December 2023
St Helena Government (SHG) will hold a press conference tomorrow with the FCDO Financial Aid Mission (FAM) Delegation and local media. The event is scheduled to take place in the Governor’s office from 15:00 to 15:30 GMT.
His Excellency Governor Nigel Phillips, Chief Minister Julie Thomas and Deputy Director of FCDO’s Overseas Territories and Polar Directorate Adam Pile will be on the panel. The panel will be discussing the FAM visit this week, and how discussion have progressed around recurrent funding for the financial year 2024/5, and areas of particular budget pressure and SHG’s response strategy.
Potential technical issues notwithstanding, the press conference is expected to be streamed live on the SHG YouTube channel. This can be viewed from 15:00 via www.youtube.com/@sthelenagovernment1638.
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