COP 16 - Statements Includes statements at the opening ceremony of COP16 / CMP6 and the pre-COP ministerial meeting High Level Segment with statements by Heads of States and Governments (in order of delivery) Guatemala Philippines Nicaragua Nauru on behalf of Pacific Small Island Developing States Zambia Vietnam Republic of Palau Dominica Lao (People's Democratic Republic) Grenada on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island Developing States Chad Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Ethiopia on behalf of the AFRICAN GROUP (not available) Senegal Jordan Kenya Bangladesh Paraguay Yemen on behalf of the Group of 77 and China Suriname Czech Republic Australia on behalf of UMBRELLA GROUP (not available) Niue (not available) Kazakhstan European Union Plurinational State of Bolivia (not available) Albania Lesotho on behalf of Least Developed Countries Central African Republic Ghana Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on behalf of the Latin American and Caribbean States Costa Rica Croatia Switzerland on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group Dominican Republic Argentina Republic of Kiribati (not available) United Arab Emirates Poland Georgia Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Ecuador Malta Cape Verde Guyana Canada Seychelles Samoa Republic of Korea Vanuatu Norway Romania Fiji Federated States of Micronesia Japan Israel Iran (Islamic Republic of) Democratic Republic of the Congo Bahrain Honduras Saudi Arabia Iraq Singapore United States of America Iceland Qatar Cameroon Tajikistan Belize Thailand Belarus Jamaica Estonia Liberia Tuvalu Kuwait Benin Cuba Ireland Burkina Faso Sweden Spain Guinea Mozambique Liechtenstein Libya Rwanda Portugal Islamic Republic of Afghanistan New Zealand Morocco Lebanon United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Italy Republic of Mauritius Trinidad and Tobago Cyprus Greece The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Australia Burundi Finland South Africa Botswana Mexico Colombia Palestine Germany Bosnia and Herzegovina Intergovernmental organizations: Egypt France (not available) African Development Bank Group Montenegro Russia Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre Sudan Haiti Center for International Forestry Research Namibia El Salvador Comision Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo Malaysia Mauritania Global Biodiversity Information Facility People's Republic of China Brazil Global Water Partnership India Panama Institut International du Froid Mongolia Syrian Arab Republic International Network for Bamboo and Rattan Chile Zimbabwe International Organization for Migration Republic of Maldives Denmark Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Monaco Gambia Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe Mali Turkey Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention Uruguay Austria South Centre Malawi Congo (Republic of the) World Agroforestry Centre Gabon Slovakia Non-governmental organizations: Bhutan on behalf of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Peru Eurelectric, on behalf of business and industry non-governmental organizations United Republic of Tanzania Timor-Leste Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental, on behalf of environmental non-governmental organizations Pakistan Luxembourg Friends of the Earth International, on behalf of environmental non-governmental organizations Uganda Angola International Food Policy Research Institute, on behalf of farmers non-governmental organizations Nigeria Lesotho Tebtebba Foundation, on behalf of indigenous peoples organizations Nepal Marshall Islands Deputy Mayor of Durban, on behalf of local government and municipal authorities Eritrea Sierra Leone Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental, on behalf of research and independent non-governmental organizations Netherlands Niger International Trade Union Confederation, on behalf of trade unions non-governmental organizations Algeria Indonesia International Council for Adult Education, on behalf of women and gender non-governmental organizations Togo Somalia IndyACT-The League of Independent Activists, on behalf of youth non-governmental organizations Ukraine Barbados World Council of Churches, on behalf of faith based non-governmental organizations Slovenia Brunei Darussalam