Opening of the Leaders Eventf

H.E. Mr. François Hollande, President of France (204 kB)

H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations (227 kB)

H.E. Mr. Laurent Fabius the President of COP21/CMP11 (305 kB)

Statements made at the Leaders Event in alphabetical order
Afghanistan	H.E. Mr. Ashraf Ghani, President of Afghanistan
Albania	H.E. Mr. Bujar Nishani, President of Albania (84 kB)
Algeria	H.E. Mr. Abdelmalek Sellal, Prime Minister of Algeria (168 kB)
Andorra	H.E. Mr. Antoni Martí Petit, Head of Government of Andorra (422 kB)
Angola	H.E. Mr. Manuel Domingos Vicente, Vice-President of Angola (691 kB)
Antigua and Barbuda*	H.E. Mr. Gaston A. Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (279 kB)
Argentina	H.E. Mr. Amado Boudou, Vice-President of Argentina (495 kB)
Armenia	H.E. Mr. Serzh Sargsyan, President of Armenia (352 kB)
Australia	H.E. Mr. Malcom Bligh Turnbull, Prime Minister of Australia (462 kB)
Austria	H.E. Mr. Werner Faymann, Chancellor of Austria (395 kB)
Azerbaijan
Bahamas	H.E. Mr. Perry G. Christie, Prime Minister of Bahamas (the) (242 kB)
Bahrain	posted statement only (102 kB)
Bangladesh
Barbados	H.E. Mr. Freundel Stuart, Prime Minister of Barbados
Belarus
Belgium	H.E. Mr. Charles Michel, Prime Minister of Belgium (658 kB)
Belize
Benin	H.E. Mr. Boni Yayi, President of Benin (573 kB)
Bhutan
Plurinational state of Bolivia	H.E. Mr. Evo Morales Ayma, President of Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana	H.E. Mr. Seretse Khama Ian Khama, President of Botswana (99 kB)
Brazil	Her Excellency Ms. Dilma Vana Rousseff, President of Brazil (270 kB)
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria	H.E. Mr. Rosen A. Plevneliev, President of Bulgaria (513 kB)
Burkina Faso	H.E. Mr. Michel Kafando, President of Burkina Faso (751 kB)
Burundi	His Excellency Mr. Joseph Butore, Vice-President of Burundi (150 kB)
Cabo Verde	H.E. Mr. José Maria Neves, Prime Minister of Cabo Verde (292 kB)   fr (410 kB)
Cambodia	His Majesty Norodom Sihamoni, The King of Cambodia (522 kB)
Cameroon	H.E. Mr. Paul Biya, President of Cameroon
Canada	H.E. Mr. Justin P. J. Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada (31 kB) en (29 kB)
Central African Republic	H.E. Mr. Mahamat Kamoun, Prime Minister of Central African Republic (the) (1991 kB)
Chad	H.E. Mr. Idriss Déby Itno, President of Chad (831 kB)
Chile	Her Excellency Ms. Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile (51 kB)
China, People's Republic of	H.E. Mr. Xi Jinping, President of China (115 kB)
Colombia	H.E. Mr. Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia
Comoros	H.E. Mr. Ikililou Dhoinine, President of Comoros (the) (1045 kB)
Congo	H.E. Mr. Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of Congo (the)
Cook Islands	H.E. Mr. Henry Puna, Prime Minister of Cook Islands (the)
Costa Rica	H.E. Ms. Ana-Helena Chacon-Echeverria, Vice-President of Costa Rica (448 kB)
Croatia	H.E. Mr. Zoran Milanović, Prime Minister of Croatia (133 kB)
Cuba	H.E. Mr. Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Vice-President of the Council of State and Ministers of Cuba (533 kB)
Cyprus*	H.E. Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, President of Cyprus (66 kB)
Czech Republic	H.E. Mr. Bohuslav Sobotka, Prime Minister of Czech Republic (the) (91 kB)
Côte d'Ivoire	H.E. Mr. Alassane Ouattara, President of Côte d'Ivoire (1831 kB)
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic Republic of the Congo	H.E. Mr. Joseph Kabila Kabange, President of Democratic Republic of the Congo (the)
Denmark	H.E. Mr. Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark (494 kB)
Djibouti	H.E. Mr. Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti (181 kB)
Dominica
Dominican Republic	H.E. Mr. Danilo Medina Sánchez, President of Dominican Republic (the) (87 kB)
Ecuador	H.E. Mr. Rafael Correa Delgado, President of Ecuador (191 kB) en (183 kB) fr (172 kB)
Egypt	H.E. Mr. Abdel Fattah El Sisi, President of Egypt (186 kB)
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea	H.E. Mr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea (1646 kB)
Eritrea
Estonia	H.E. Mr. Taavi Rõivas, Prime Minister of Estonia (79 kB)
Ethiopia	H.E. Mr. Hailemariam Dessalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (703 kB)
European Union	H.E. Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission of the European Union (972 kB)
Fiji	H.E. Mr. Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji (1305 kB)
Finland	H.E. Mr. Sauli Niinistö, President of Finland (72 kB)
France
Gabon	H.E. Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon (310 kB)
Gambia
Georgia	H.E. Mr. Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia (1006 kB)
Germany	Her Excellency Ms. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany (56 kB)
Ghana	H.E. Mr. John D. Mahama, President of Ghana (667 kB)
Greece	H.E. Mr. Alexis Tsipras, Prime Minister of Greece (112 kB)
Grenada	H.E. Mr. Keith C. Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada (423 kB)
Guatemala	H.E. Mr. Juan A. Fuentes Soria, Vice-President of Guatemala (238 kB)
Guinea	H.E. Mr. Alpha Conde, President of Guinea
Guinea-Bissau	H.E. Mr. José Mário Vaz, President of Guinea-Bissau (803 kB)
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See	His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of the State of Holy See (the) (49 kB)
Honduras	H.E. Mr. Juan O. Hernández, President of Honduras (1177 kB)
Hungary	H.E. Mr. János Áder, President of Hungary
Iceland	H.E. Mr. Sigmundur Davíd Gunnlaugsson, Prime Minister of Iceland (690 kB)
India	H.E. Mr. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India (597 kB)
Indonesia	H.E. Mr. Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia (86 kB)
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Her Excellency Ms. Masoumeh Ebtekar, Vice-President, Iran (Islamic Republic of) (244 kB)
Iraq	H.E. Mr. Fuad Masum, President of Iraq (947 kB)
Ireland	H.E. Mr. Enda Kenny, Prime Minister of Ireland (194 kB)
Israel	H.E. Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel
Italy	H.E. Mr. Matteo Renzi, Prime Minister of Italy
Jamaica
Japan	H.E. Mr. Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan (774 kB)
Jordan	His Majesty Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein, The King of Jordan (973 kB)
Kazakhstan	H.E. Mr. Karim Massimov, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (770 kB)
Kenya	H.E. Mr. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, President of Kenya (293 kB)
Kiribati	H.E. Mr. Anote Tong, President of Kiribati (893 kB)
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan	H.E. Mr. Almazbek Sharshenovich Atambaev, President of Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Latvia	posted statement only
Lebanon
Lesotho	His Majesty Letsie III, The King of Lesotho (1367 kB)
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania	Her Excellency Ms. Dalia Grybauskaite, President of Lithuania
Luxembourg	H.E. Mr. Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (201 kB)
Madagascar	H.E. Mr. Hery Martial Rakotoarimanana Rajaonarimampianina, President of Madagascar (357 kB)
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali	H.E. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, President of Mali
Malta	H.E. Mr. Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister of Malta (188 kB)
Marshall Islands	H.E. Mr. Christopher J. Loeak, President of Marshall Islands (the) (134 kB)
Mauritania	H.E. Mr. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President of Mauritania (603 kB)
Mauritius	Her Excellency Ms. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, President of Mauritius (71 kB)
Mexico	H.E. Mr. Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico (553 kB)
Micronesia (Federated States of)	H.E. Mr. Peter M. Christian, President of Micronesia (Federated States of) (58 kB)
Monaco	His Serene Highness Albert II, The Sovereign Prince of Monaco (87 kB)
Mongolia	H.E. Mr. Elbegdorj Tsakhia, President of Mongolia (73 kB)
Montenegro	H.E. Mr. Filip Vujanović, President of Montenegro (473 kB)
Morocco	His Majesty Mohammed VI, The King of Morocco (99 kB)
Mozambique	H.E. Mr. Carlos Agostinho Do Rosário, Prime Minister of Mozambique (2258 kB)
Myanmar
Namibia	H.E. Mr. Hage G. Geingob, President of Namibia
Nauru	H.E. Mr. Baron D. Waqa, President of Nauru (342 kB)
Nepal
Netherlands	H.E. Mr. Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of Netherlands (the) (197 kB)
New Zealand	H.E. Mr. John P. Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand (818 kB)
Nicaragua
Niger	H.E. Mr. Issoufou Mahamadou, President of Niger (the) (89 kB)
Nigeria	H.E. Mr. Muhammadu Buhari, President of Nigeria
Niue
Norway	Her Excellency Ms. Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway (181 kB)
Oman
Pakistan	H.E. Mr. Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan (197 kB)
Palau	H.E. Mr. Tommy E. Remengesau, Jr., President of Palau (297 kB)
Palestine	H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, President of State of Palestine (379 kB) fr (525 kB)
Panama	H.E. Mr. Juan Carlos Varela, President of Panama (1387 kB)
Papua New Guinea	H.E. Mr. Peter Paire O'Neill, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (164 kB)
Paraguay	H.E. Mr. Horacio Manuel Cartes, President of Paraguay (943 kB)
Peru	H.E. Mr. Ollanta M. Humala Tasso, President of Peru (1393 kB)
Philippines	H.E. Mr. Benigno S.Aquino III, President of Philippines (the) (75 kB)
Poland	Her Excellency Ms. Beata Szydlo, Prime Minister of Poland (409 kB)
Portugal
Qatar
Republic of Korea	Her Excellency Ms. Park Geun-hye, President of Republic of Korea (the) (94 kB)
Republic of Moldova	H.E. Mr. Nicolae Timofti, President of the Republic of Moldova (the)
Romania	H.E. Mr. Klaus Werner Iohannis, President of Romania (104 kB)
Russian Federation	H.E. Mr. Vladimir V. Putin, President of Russian Federation (the) (173 kB)
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis	H.E. Mr. Timothy S. Harris, Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (827 kB)
Saint Lucia	H.E. Mr. Kenny D. Anothony, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (1913 kB)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa	H.E. Mr. Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister of Samoa (640 kB)
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe*	H.E. Mr. Patrice Emery Trovoada, Prime Minister of Sao Tome and Principe (1035 kB)
Senegal	H.E. Mr. Macky Sall, President of Senegal
Serbia	H.E. Mr. Tomislav Nikolić, President of Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia	H.E. Mr. Miro Cerar, Prime Minister of Slovenia
Solomon Islands
South Africa	H.E. Mr. Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, President of South Africa (170 kB)
South Sudan
Spain	H.E. Mr. Mariano Rajoy Brey, President of the Government of Spain (1111 kB)
Sri Lanka	H.E. Mr. Maithripala Sirisena, President of Sri Lanka (56 kB)
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden	H.E. Mr. Stefan Löfven, Prime Minister of Sweden (178 kB)
Switzerland	Her Excellency Ms. Simonetta Sommaruga, President of Switzerland (86 kB)
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan	H.E. Mr. Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan (1534 kB)
Thailand	H.E. Mr. Prayut Chan-O-Cha, Prime Minister of Thailand (77 kB)
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	H.E. Mr. Gjorge Ivanov, President of The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (406 kB)
Timor-Leste
Togo*	H.E. Mr. Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, President of Togo (857 kB)
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia	H.E. Mr. Habib Essid, Prime Minister of Tunisia (714 kB)
Turkey	H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Turkey (123 kB)
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu	H.E. Mr. Enele Sosene Sopoaga, Prime Minister of Tuvalu (404 kB)
Uganda*	H.E. Mr. Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi, Vice-President of Uganda (878 kB)
Ukraine	H.E. Mr. Petro Poroshenko, President of Ukraine (686 kB)
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	H.E. Mr. David Cameron, Prime Minister of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) (152 kB)
United Republic of Tanzania
United States of America	H.E. Mr. Barack H. Obama, President of United States of America (the) (131 kB)
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu	H.E. Mr. Christopher Claude A. Emelee, Deputy Prime Minsiter of Vanuatu
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	H.E. Mr. Nicolás Maduro Moros, President of Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Viet Nam	H.E. Mr. Tan Dung Nguyen, Prime Minister of Viet Nam (163 kB) en (79 kB)
Yemen	H.E. Mr. Khalid Mahfuz Bahah, Vice-President of Yemen (824 kB)
Zambia
Zimbabwe	H.E. Mr. Robert Gabriel Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe (1072 kB)

* statement in lieu of delivery